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Whatever shall touch the flesh of it shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled of the blood of it on any garment, you shall wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place.
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The Sacredness of the Offering
Commentators explain that the sin offering was so sacred that anything or anyone touching its flesh was consecrated, or set apart as holy. This is why only priests could handle it. Similarly, the blood was so precious that if it splattered on a garment, the garment had to be washed within the holy court itself, preventing the sacred blood from being profaned outside.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof. —Better, every one that toucheth the flesh thereof, as the Authorized …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy , &c.] None but holy persons, such as were devoted to holy se…
Presbyterian
The blood of the sin-offering was to be washed out of the clothes on which it happened to be sprinkled. This signified the regard we should have fo…
