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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.

23 “And Aaron shall enter the tent of assembly, and he shall take off the linen garments that he put on at his coming to the sanctuary, and he shall leave them there.

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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”