The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp. The man who led the Azazel goat into the wilderness — who touched the sin-laden animal and accompanied it to the remote place — must wash his clothes and bathe before re-entering the camp. The impurity acquired from the contact with the sin-bearing goat requires the standard purification procedure. The contact-impurity of the scapegoat handler is the final impurity-creating act of the Day of Atonement ceremony, and it is addressed through the same standard purification as every other contact-impurity in the Levitical system.

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