THEOSISLeviticus 16:26Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But he that hath let go the emissary goat, shall wash his clothes, and his body with water, and so shall enter into the camp.
וְהַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֤חַ אֶת־הַשָּׂעִיר֙ לַֽעֲזָאזֵ֔ל יְכַבֵּ֣ס בְּגָדָ֔יו וְרָחַ֥ץ אֶת־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ בַּמָּ֑יִם וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֖ן יָב֥וֹא אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Heb 7:19For the law brought nothing to perfection: but a bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh to God.
- Lev 16:10But that whose lot was to be the emissary goat, he shall present before the Lord, that he may pour prayers upon him, and let him go into the wilderness.
- Lev 16:28And whosoever burneth them shall wash his clothes, and flesh with water: and so shall enter into the camp.
- Lev 14:8And when the man hath washed his clothes, he shall shave all the hair of his body, and shall be washed with water: and being purified he shall enter into the camp, yet so that he tarry without his own tent seven days.
- Lev 15:27Whosoever toucheth them shall wash his clothes: and himself being washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
- Lev 16:21And putting both hands upon his head, let him confess all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their offences and sins. And praying that they may light on its head, he shall turn him out by a man ready for it, into the desert.
- Lev 16:22And when the goat hath carried all their iniquities into an uninhabited land, and shall be let go into the desert:
- Lev 11:25And if it be necessary that he carry any of these things when they are dead: he shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the sun set.