Leviticus 16:20-28

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁰ “When he has finished purifying the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat. ²¹ Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess^(A) over it all the Israelites’ wrongdoings^(B) and rebellious acts—all their sins.^(C) He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness^(D) by the man appointed for the task.^{[a] 22} The goat will carry on it all their wrongdoings into a desolate land,^(E) and he will release it there.

²³ “Then Aaron is to enter the tent of meeting, take off the linen garments^(F) he wore when he entered the most holy place, and leave them there. ²⁴ He will bathe his body with water in a holy place^(G) and put on his clothes.^(H) Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering; he will make atonement for himself and for the people. ²⁵ He is to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar. ²⁶ The man who released the goat for azazel^[b] is to wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; afterward he may reenter the camp. ²⁷ The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the most holy place to make atonement, must be brought outside the camp^(I) and their hide,^(J) flesh, and dung burned up.^{(K) 28} The one who burns them is to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.