Leviticus 16:28
in Leviticus 16The one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
KJV
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
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This verse in Leviticus 16
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The man who released the goat as the scapegoat
on Leviticus 16:26-28
The bull and the goat whose blood went inside are burned outside the camp, away from the altar. Hebrews 13:11-13 describes this arrangement and says that Jesus suffered outside the gate for the same reason.
This site's exposition
afterward he may reenter the camp
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take the man who burns the carcasses to be one of the priestly attendants. His return waits only on washing and bathing. Verse 26 sets the same terms for the man who released the goat.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The fat was ordered to be burnt upon the altar; the rest of the carcasses to be cut down and given to some priestly attendants to burn without the camp, in conformity with the general law for the sin offerings (Le 4:8-12;
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How the passage was read
On Leviticus 16:1-34On Leviticus 16:1-34
The day Israel still fasts
This chapter founds the Day of Atonement, in Hebrew Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of the Jewish year: the one day the high priest entered the innermost room of the sanctuary with blood for the nation's sins. With no Temple standing since AD 70, the day is kept now as a full fast: roughly 25 hours with no food or drink, most of it spent in synagogue prayer, many wearing white.
The Mishnah (the first code of Jewish oral law, about AD 200) defines the day's five abstentions: eating and drinking, washing, anointing, leather shoes, and marital relations (Yoma 8:1). It also carries a saying worth any reader's time: the day atones for sins between a person and God, “but for sins between a person and his fellow, the Day of Atonement does not atone until he has appeased his fellow” (Yoma 8:9). Reconciliation with people is homework done before the day.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: Mishnah Yoma 8:1 (the five abstentions) · Mishnah Yoma 8:9 (appease your fellow first) · The Day of Atonement (this site's study)
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַשֹּׂרֵ֣ף | vehasoref | and the [one who] burns | H8313 → | 117 times |
| אֹתָ֔ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְכַבֵּ֣ס | yekhabes | he will wash | H3526 → | 51 times |
| בְּגָדָ֔יו | begadav | garments his | H899 → | 217 times |
| וְרָחַ֥ץ | verachatz | and he will wash | H7364 → | 72 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּשָׂר֖וֹ | besaro | body his | H1320 → | 270 times |
| בַּמָּ֑יִם | bamayim | with <the> water | H4325 → | 581 times |
| וְאַחֲרֵי־ | veacharei- | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| כֵ֖ן | khen | thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| יָב֥וֹא | yavo' | he will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ | hamachaneh | the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
וְהַשֹּׂרֵ֣ףand the [one who] burns
vehasorefH8313 →117 times
אֹתָ֔ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
יְכַבֵּ֣סhe will wash
yekhabesH3526 →51 times
בְּגָדָ֔יוgarments his
begadavH899 →217 times
וְרָחַ֥ץand he will wash
verachatzH7364 →72 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּשָׂר֖וֹbody his
besaroH1320 →270 times
בַּמָּ֑יִםwith <the> water
bamayimH4325 →581 times
וְאַחֲרֵי־and after
veacharei-H310 →715 times
כֵ֖ןthus
khenH3651 →771 times
יָב֥וֹאhe will come
yavo'H935 →2568 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃the camp
hamachanehH4264 →215 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.