⁴ “Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself.^[a] You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side.

²² The goat will carry on itself all their sins^(A) to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.

⁸ I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.^(A)

Duties of Priests and Levites

18 The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary,^(A) and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood.

¹⁷ “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering^(A) in the sanctuary area? It is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt^(B) of the community by making atonement for them before the Lord.

²⁴ “He himself bore our sins”^(A) in his body on the cross,^(B) so that we might die to sins^(C) and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”^(D)

²⁸ so Christ was sacrificed once^(A) to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time,^(B) not to bear sin,^(C) but to bring salvation^(D) to those who are waiting for him.^(E)

¹⁷ This was to fulfill^(A) what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: