20 “And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat. 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.

23 “Then Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of meeting, (E)shall take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there. 24 And he shall wash his body with water in a holy place, put on his garments, come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make [c]atonement for himself and for the people. 25 (F)The fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar. 26 And he who released the goat as the scapegoat shall wash his clothes (G)and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:22 shall carry
  2. Leviticus 16:22 solitary land
  3. Leviticus 16:24 Lit. covering

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