Leviticus 16:26
Good News Translation
The man who drove the goat into the desert to Azazel must wash his clothes and take a bath before he comes back into camp.

New Revised Standard Version
The one who sets the goat free for Azazel shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward may come into the camp.

Contemporary English Version
The one who led the goat into the desert and sent it off to the demon Azazel must take a bath and wash his clothes before coming back into camp.

New American Bible
The man who led away the goat for Azazel shall wash his garments and bathe his body in water; only then may he enter the camp.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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Leviticus 16:10,21,22 But 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. . . .

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Leviticus 16:28 And whosoever burneth them shall wash his clothes, and flesh with water: and so shall enter into the camp.

Leviticus 14:8 And 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.

Leviticus 15:5-11,27 If any man touch his bed, he shall wash his clothes and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening. . . .

Numbers 19:7,8,21 And then after washing his garments, and body, he shall enter into the camp, and shall be unclean until the evening. . . .

Hebrews 7:19 For the law brought nothing to perfection: but a bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh to God.

Context
The Scapegoat
25And the fat that is offered for sins, he shall burn on the altar. 26But he that hath let go the emissary goat, shall wash his clothes, and his body with water, and so shall enter into the camp.27But the calf and the buck goat, that were sacrificed for sin, and whose blood was carried into the sanctuary, to accomplish the atonement, they shall carry forth without the camp, and shall burn with fire: their skins and their flesh, and their dung.…
Cross References
Leviticus 11:25
And 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.

Leviticus 11:40
And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 16:8
And casting lots upon them both, one to be offered to the Lord, and the other to be the emissary goat:

Leviticus 16:25
And the fat that is offered for sins, he shall burn on the altar.

Numbers 19:7
And then after washing his garments, and body, he shall enter into the camp, and shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 16:25
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