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21 And Aaron shall place his two hands on the living goat’s head, and he shall confess over it all the Israelites[a] iniquities and all their transgressions for all their sins, and he shall put them on the goat’s head, and he shall send it[b] away into the desert with[c] a man standing ready.[d] 22 Thus[e] the goat shall bear on it to a barren region[f] all their guilt, and he shall send the goat away into the desert.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:21 Literally “of the sons/of the children of Israel”
  2. Leviticus 16:21 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Leviticus 16:21 Literally “by the hand of”
  4. Leviticus 16:21 Or “at hand”
  5. Leviticus 16:22 Or “And”
  6. Leviticus 16:22 Literally “a land of separation” or “a land of infertility”