Leviticus 16:21-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 Laying both hands[a] on its head, he shall confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and their trespasses, including all their sins, and so put them on the goat’s head.(A) He shall then have it led into the wilderness by an attendant. 22 The goat will carry off all their iniquities to an isolated region.(B)
When the goat is dispatched into the wilderness,
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Leviticus 16:21-22
New International Version
21 He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat(A) and confess(B) over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry on itself all their sins(C) to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.
Leviticus 16:21-22
King James Version
21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
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