21 He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat(A) and confess(B) over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry on itself all their sins(C) to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.

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21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

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21 Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, (A)confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, (B)putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. 22 The goat [a]shall (C)bear on itself all their iniquities to an [b]uninhabited land; and he shall (D)release the goat in the wilderness.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:22 shall carry
  2. Leviticus 16:22 solitary land