⁴ You are to lay your hand on the head^(A) of the burnt offering,^(B) and it will be accepted^(C) on your behalf to make atonement^(D) for you.

² You are to lay your hand on the head^(A) of your offering and slaughter it^(B) at the entrance to the tent of meeting.^(C) Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash^(D) the blood against the sides^(E) of the altar.^(F)

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^(A) to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.