Leviticus 16:20-34
1599 Geneva Bible
20 ¶ When he hath made an end of purging the Holy place, and the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the Altar, then he shall bring the live goat:
21 And Aaron shall put 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 trespasses in all their sins, putting them [a]upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away (by the hand of a man appointed) into the wilderness.
22 So the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities into [b]the land that is not inhabited, and he shall let the goat go into the wilderness.
23 After, Aaron shall come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and put off the linen clothes, which he put on when he went into the Holy place, and leave them there.
24 He shall wash also his flesh with water in [c]the holy place, and put on his own raiment, and come out, and make his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
25 Also the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
26 And he that carried forth the goat called the Scapegoat, shall wash his clothes, and wash his flesh in water, and after that shall come into the host.
27 Also the bullock for the burnt offering, and the goat for the sin offering (whose blood was brought to make a reconciliation in the Holy place) shall one (A)carry out without the host to be burnt in the fire, with their skins, and with their flesh, and with their dung.
28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and wash his flesh in water, and afterward come into the host.
29 ¶ So this shall be an ordinance forever unto you: the tenth day of the [d]seventh month, ye shall [e]humble your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of the same country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you.
30 For that (B)day shall the Priest make an atonement for you to cleanse you: ye shall be clean from all your sins before the Lord.
31 This shall be a [f]Sabbath of rest unto you, and you shall humble your souls by an ordinance forever.
32 And the Priest [g]whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate (to minister in his father’s stead) shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes and holy vestments,
33 And shall purge the holy Sanctuary and the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shall cleanse the altar, and make an atonement for the Priests and for all the people of the Congregation.
34 And this shall be an everlasting ordinance unto you to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins (C)once a year: and as the Lord commanded Moses, he did.
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- Leviticus 16:21 Herein this goat is a true figure of Jesus Christ, who beareth the sins of the people, Isa. 53:9.
- Leviticus 16:22 Hebrew, the land of separations.
- Leviticus 16:24 In the court where was the Laver, Exod. 30:18.
- Leviticus 16:29 Which was Tishri, and answereth to part of September, and part of October.
- Leviticus 16:29 Meaning, by abstinence and fasting, Num. 25:7.
- Leviticus 16:31 Or a rest which ye shall keep most diligently.
- Leviticus 16:32 Whom the Priest shall anoint by God’s commandment to succeed in his father’s room.
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