OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 16:26

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“He who lets the goat go as the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

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Verse 26. Camp. This was always required of those who had burnt the bodies of the victims out of the camp, as verse 28, and Numbers 19:7. Outram.—In some of the sacrifices for sin, the priests might eat part of the flesh. But here all was consumed, as the victim was offered for the sins of all.

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