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26 The one who sets the goat free for Azazel[a] shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterwards may come into the camp. 27 The bull of the sin-offering and the goat of the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be taken outside the camp; their skin and their flesh and their dung shall be consumed in fire. 28 The one who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterwards may come into the camp.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:26 Traditionally rendered a scapegoat

26 “The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat(A) must wash his clothes(B) and bathe himself with water;(C) afterward he may come into the camp. 27 The bull and the goat for the sin offerings, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp;(D) their hides, flesh and intestines are to be burned up. 28 The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.(E)

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