Leviticus 16:28

28 And he that burns them shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he shall enter 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 sends forth the goat that has been set apart to be let go, shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards shall enter into the camp.

27 And the calf for the sin-offering, and the goat for the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, they shall carry forth out of the camp, and burn them with fire, even their skins and their flesh and their dung.

28 And he that burns them shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he shall enter into the camp.

29 And this shall be a perpetual statute for you; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall humble your souls, and shall do no work, the native and the stranger who abides among you.

30 For in this day he shall make an atonement for you, to cleanse you from all your sins before the Lord, and ye shall be purged.