“Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.”
Whatever touches any of the flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in the sanctuary area. The contact-holiness of the sin offering flesh and the requirement to wash blood-spattered garments in the sanctuary area establish the protocols for handling the most holy offering. The sin offering blood that is the most sacred substance in the Levitical system cannot be treated casually: garments that receive it must be washed, and the washing must happen within the sacred precinct. The care required for the handling of sin offering blood communicates the value of what the blood represents — the life given for atonement.
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