Leviticus 16:28

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

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 he that took the he goat to Azazel shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh with water and afterward come into the camp.

27 And he shall take outside the camp the bullock of the sin and the goat of the sin, whose blood was brought in to make the reconciliation in the sanctuary; and they shall burn in the fire their skins and their flesh and their dung.

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

29 And you shall hold this as a perpetual statute: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls and do no work at all, whether it is a natural of your own country or a stranger that sojourns among you;

30 for on that day he shall reconcile you to cleanse you that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.