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He who lets go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
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The Pervasive Pollution of Sin
Commentators like Calvin and Ellicott highlight a striking lesson: sin is so contaminating that even the man leading away the goat that carried the people's sin became ceremonially unclean. He was defiled simply by contact with the sin-bearer. This ritual powerfully demonstrated to the Israelites how detestable and polluting their own iniquity truly was in God's eyes.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Both the one who led away the goat and the one who burned the parts of the sin offerings had to purify themselves. Those who went out of the camp d…
19th Century
Anglican
And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat. —Better, And he who leads away the goat to Âzazel (). As the mess…
Baptist
All must be burned; and the last is mentioned because it more strikingly shows the impurity of the sin connected with the sin offering. All must be…
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16th Century
Protestant
And he that let the goat go. Since this goat was the outcast (κάθαπμα) of God’s wrath, and devoted to His curse, he who led it away is com…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat Or unto Azazel; who or what Azazel is, (See Gill on Leviticus 16:10) an…
Here are typified the two great gospel privileges: the remission of sin and access to God, both of which we owe to our Lord Jesus. Consider the exp…
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