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And the one who sends awayוְהַמְשַׁלֵּחַthe goatאֶת הַשָּׂעִירto Azazelלַעֲזָאזֵלshall washיְכַבֵּסhis garmentsבְּגָדָיוand batheוְרָחַץhis bodyאֶת בְּשָׂרוֹin water,בַּמָּיִםand afterוְאַחֲרֵיthatכֵןhe may comeיָבוֹאintoאֶלthe camp.הַמַּחֲנֶה
Leviticus 16:26
Study it in the app“And the one who sends away the goat to Azazel shall wash his garments and bathe his body in water, and after that he may come into the camp.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 16:26, word by word
- And the one who sends awayמְשַׁלֵּחַmeshaleach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “meshaleach” appears- the goatשָּׂעִירsair
male goat
An adult male goat, often offered in sacrifice.
Where else “sair” appears- to Azazelעֲזָאזֵלazazel
Azazel
Azazel. A word of uncertain meaning found only in Leviticus 16: it may be a name, or mean "the goat that goes away".
Where else “azazel” appears- shall washיְכַבֵּסyechabes
wash
To wash clothes; or wash from sin.
Where else “yechabes” appears- his garmentsבְּגָדָיbegaday
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “begaday” appears- and batheרָחַץrachats
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “rachats” appears- his bodyבְּשָׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- in waterמָּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- he may comeיָבוֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears
The context
25And the fat of the sin offering he shall offer up in smoke on the altar.
26 · This verse (above)
27And the bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make expiation in the Holy Place, someone shall take out to outside the camp, and they shall burn in the fire their skins and their flesh and their dung.