Leviticus 16:28

28 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.

Leviticus 16:28 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 16:28

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 ^F21 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Misn. Yoma, c. 6. sect. 7.

Leviticus 16:28 In-Context

26 And the man who takes away the goat for Azazel is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and then he may come back to the tent-circle.

27 And the ox of the sin-offering and the goat of the sin-offering, whose blood was taken in to make the holy place free from sin, are to be taken away outside the tent-circle and their skins and their flesh and their waste are to be burned with fire.

28 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.

29 And let this be an order to you for ever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day, you are to keep yourselves from pleasure and do no sort of work, those who are Israelites by birth and those from other lands who are living among you:

30 For on this day your sin will be taken away and you will be clean: you will be made free from all your sins before the Lord.