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Sforno on Leviticus 16:32/ספורנו על ויקרא ט״ז:ל״ב

אוַאֲשֶׁר יְמַלֵּא אֶת יָדוֹ וְלָבַשׁ. אַף הַמְרֻבֶּה בְּגָדִים בִּלְבַד יְכַפֵּר.
1ואשר ימלא את ידו...ולבש, also a priest wearing the High Priest’s garments though not having been anointed with the holy anointing oil may be the instrument of the people’s atonement. [The conditions mentioned in our verse are not understood as cumulative and absolute requirements. (compare Rashi who explains that the holy anointing oil ran out already in the days of King Yoshiyahu during the first Temple, never to become available again. Nonetheless, even in the days of the second Temple, when the red cord turned white after the killing of the scape-goat, there was a sign from heaven that the people had been forgiven. Ed.]