Lev 16:21 | HCSB | STEP | Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the Israelites’ wrongdoings and rebellious acts – all their sins . He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the man appointed for the task.

a Lv 5:5; 26:40; Nm 5:7; 2Ch 30:22; Neh 1:6; 9:2; Dn 9:4,20

c Ezr 10:1; Neh 9:2-3; Dn 9:20; 2Co 5:21; Jms 5:16; 1Jn 1:9

Leviticus 16:21

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. ^{▼▼Lit wilderness in the hand of a ready man}