Leviticus - 16:28



28 He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

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And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
And whosoever burneth them shall wash his clothes, and flesh with water, and so shall enter into the camp.
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water; and afterwards he may come into the camp.
and he who is burning them doth wash his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards he cometh in unto the camp.
And the man by whom they are burned is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water, and then he may come back to the tent-circle.
And whoever will have burned them shall wash his clothes and flesh with water, and so he shall enter into the camp.
Et qui combusserit ea, lavabit, vestimenta sua, postquam laverit carnem suam aqua, et postea ingredietur castra.

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And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water,.... In forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, everyone of those that burnt them, as Aben Ezra observes; for these being sin offerings, and had a connection with the sins of men, for whom they were offered, the persons concerned in the carrying and burning of them were equally defiled, and needed washing, as the man that led and let go the goat into the wilderness:
and afterwards he shall come into the camp; and have the liberty of conversation with men in civil and religious things, but not till evening; so long he was defiled; and according to the Misnah (u) from the time they got without the walls of the court; and after washing and bathing, and when the evening was come, they were clean; and might go where they pleased,
(u) Misn. Yoma, c. 6. sect. 7.0

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