Leviticus 16:21
Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
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:
Note a fit…: Heb. a man of opportunity
Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is ready.
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, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a man that is in readiness into the wilderness:
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- lay
- Leviticus 1:4; Exodus 29:10
- confess over
- Leviticus 26:40; Ezra 10:1; Nehemiah 1:6, 7; Nehemiah 9:3–5; Psalm 32:5; Psalm 51:3; Proverbs 28:13; Daniel 9:3–20; Romans 10:10
- putting
- Isaiah 53:6; 2 Corinthians 5:21