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and the man shall release it in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />As the goat goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people’s sins upon itself into a desolate land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place, and the man will release it into the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the goat shall carry on itself all their wrongdoings to an isolated territory; he shall release the goat in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And the goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an isolated land; and he shall send out the goat in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The goat shall carry on itself all their (the Israelites) wickedness, carrying them to a solitary (infertile) land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The goat will carry all their iniquities into a desolate land, and the man will release it there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The goat will carry on it all their wrongdoings into a desolate land, and he will release it there.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Finally, this goat that carries the heavy burden of Israel's sins must be released deep in the desert. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The goat will take all their sins away to a deserted place. The man must release the goat in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The goat will carry all their sins away with him into some uninhabited land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The male goat will bear on itself all their sins to a solitary land as Aaron sends the goat out to the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, so he is to send the goat away in the wilderness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place, and the man will release it into the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall release the goat in the wilderness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the goat has borne on himself all their iniquities to a land of separation. And he has sent the goat away into the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the goat hath borne on him all their iniquities unto a land of separation. 'And he hath sent the goat away into the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the he goat lifted up upon him all their iniquities to a desert land: and he sent the he goat into the desert.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when the goat hath carried all their iniquities into an uninhabited land, and shall be let go into the desert, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when the goat has carried all their iniquities into a solitary land, and has been released into the desert,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The goat will carry off all their iniquities to an isolated region. When the goat is dispatched into the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a barren region; and the goat shall be set free in the wilderness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a barren land; and he shall leave the goat in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the kid shall bear on him all their evil to a barren land and he shall leave the kid in the wilderness.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land which is cut off; and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the goat shall bear their unrighteousnesses upon him into a desert land; and Aaron shall send away the goat into the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/16-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4440" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/16.htm">The Scapegoat</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>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. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8163.htm" title="8163: haś·śā·‘îr (Art:: N-ms) -- Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun. Or sabir; from sa'ar; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun.">The goat</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: wə·nā·śā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">will carry</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">itself</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nō·ṯām (N-cpc:: 3mp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">their iniquities</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/1509.htm" title="1509: gə·zê·rāh (N-fs) -- Separation. From gazar; a desert.">a solitary</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">place,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·šil·laḥ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">and the man will release</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8163.htm" title="8163: haś·śā·‘îr (Art:: N-ms) -- Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun. Or sabir; from sa'ar; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun.">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">into the wilderness.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>Then Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen garments he put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a></span><br />We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-28.htm">Hebrews 9:28</a></span><br />so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a></span><br />He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a></span><br />The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a></span><br />God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a></span><br />As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Hebrews 13:11-12</a></span><br />Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. / And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-31.htm">Matthew 27:31-33</a></span><br />After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him. / Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus. / And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Romans 3:25</a></span><br />God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-2.htm">1 John 2:2</a></span><br />He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-19.htm">Micah 7:19</a></span><br />He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-4.htm">Hebrews 10:4</a></span><br />because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3</a></span><br />For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11-12</a></span><br />After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. / Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a></span><br />But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the goat shall bear on him all their iniquities to a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.</p><p class="hdg">bear upon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11,12</a></b></br> He shall see of the travail of his soul, <i>and</i> shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a></b></br> The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a></b></br> Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed <i>is</i> every one that hangeth on a tree:</p><p class="hdg">not inhabited [heb] of separation</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/103-10.htm">Psalm 103:10,12</a></b></br> He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/18-22.htm">Ezekiel 18:22</a></b></br> All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/7-19.htm">Micah 7:19</a></b></br> He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-45.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-8.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-10.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/exodus/16-35.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-24.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-53.htm">Release</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-26.htm">Separation</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/luke/4-43.htm">Solitary</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-10.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-16.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-15.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-27.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-4.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/numbers/1-19.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-34.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-15.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Release</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-19.htm">Separation</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-30.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/job/3-7.htm">Solitary</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/16-1.htm">how the high priest must enter into the holy place</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/16-11.htm">The sin offering for himself</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/16-15.htm">The sin offering for the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/16-20.htm">The scapegoat</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/16-29.htm">The yearly feast of the expiations</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The high priest would lay hands on the goat, symbolically transferring the sins of the Israelites onto it. This act signifies the removal of sin from the community, a concept echoed in <a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a>, where God removes transgressions as far as the east is from the west. The scapegoat is a type of Christ, who bore the sins of humanity (<a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a>, <a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a>).<p><b>into a solitary place</b><br>The solitary place, or wilderness, represents a realm outside the camp, symbolizing separation from the community and from God’s presence. This desolate area underscores the complete removal of sin, as the goat is sent to a place where it cannot return. The wilderness is often depicted in Scripture as a place of testing and purification (e.g., Israel's 40 years of wandering, Jesus' temptation in the desert).<p><b>and the man will release it</b><br>The man responsible for releasing the goat was chosen for this specific task, ensuring the ritual was carried out properly. This act of release signifies the finality of the sin removal process. The man’s role is crucial, as it ensures the goat does not return, symbolizing the permanent removal of sin. This mirrors the New Testament teaching of Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>).<p><b>into the wilderness</b><br>The wilderness serves as a symbolic location for the banishment of sin, emphasizing the separation from the holy community. In biblical times, the wilderness was seen as a place of chaos and danger, reinforcing the idea that sin leads to separation from God. This imagery is fulfilled in Christ, who was crucified outside the city (<a href="/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12</a>), taking on the role of the scapegoat to remove sin permanently.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_high_priest.htm">The High Priest</a></b><br>The central figure in the Day of Atonement rituals, responsible for performing the sacrifices and the scapegoat ceremony.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_scapegoat.htm">The Scapegoat (Azazel)</a></b><br>A goat chosen by lot to symbolically carry the sins of the Israelites into the wilderness, representing the removal of sin from the community.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>A desolate place where the scapegoat is released, symbolizing the complete removal and isolation of sin from the people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The community of God's chosen people, whose sins are atoned for through the rituals of the Day of Atonement.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_man_appointed.htm">The Man Appointed</a></b><br>A designated individual responsible for leading the scapegoat into the wilderness, ensuring the sins are carried away from the camp.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>The elaborate rituals of the Day of Atonement highlight the gravity of sin and the need for atonement. Sin separates us from God and requires a divine solution.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_substitution.htm">The Role of Substitution</a></b><br>The scapegoat serves as a powerful symbol of substitution, where the innocent bears the guilt of others. This foreshadows Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_forgiveness.htm">God's Provision for Forgiveness</a></b><br>The Day of Atonement demonstrates God's desire to forgive and restore His people. It points to the ultimate provision of forgiveness through Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>The Israelites were required to afflict their souls and repent during the Day of Atonement. True repentance is essential for experiencing God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_freedom_from_sin.htm">Living in Freedom from Sin</a></b><br>Just as the scapegoat carried away the sins of Israel, believers are called to live in the freedom from sin that Christ provides, not returning to the bondage of sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/when_was_nehemiah_written.htm">What does it mean Jesus became sin for us?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_intercession_affect_god's_reply.htm">How does atonement restore our relationship with God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_doesn't_leviticus_16_address_sin_gaps.htm">Why does Leviticus 16 not address inevitable scientific gaps in the concept of sin transference and ritual purification despite later translations or commentaries?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_azazel_in_mythology.htm">Who or what is the figure Azazel in mythology?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Unto a land not inhabited.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">unto a land cut off, </span>that is, a place the ground of which is separated from all around it, hence a summit, a peak standing out by itself, a precipice.<p><span class= "bld">In the wilderness.</span>--Where no human beings dwell, but which is the abode of evil spirits. It will be seen that the directions here are simply to conduct the goat into the wilderness, where it is apparently to be let loose to pursue its own course. During the second Temple, however, the authorities decreed that the animal must be destroyed. Accordingly one of the priests who was appointed to execute this mission led the goat to a rock called Zuck, in the wilderness, situate about twelve miles, or ninety furlongs, from Jerusalem. Between the holy city and this steep rock, ten booths were erected at intervals of one mile, and persons were located in every booth to accompany the messenger to the next tent, which was distant a Sabbath day's journey. From the last booth to the rock, which was double this distance, the messenger had no companion, but he was carefully watched by the occupants of the last booth to see that he performed the ritual according to the prescribed order. On his arrival at the mountain he divided the crimson thread, which was the badge of the goat, into two; one half he fastened to the rock, and the other he tied between the two horns of the victim, and then pushed the animal down the projecting ledge of the rock, when it was dashed to pieces before it reached the bottom. Hereupon the persons stationed at the last booth to watch the proceedings waved linen cloths or white flags, thus signalling from station to station to the priests in the court of the Temple the arrival of the goat at its proper destination.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - Then the goat went forth, <span class="cmt_word">bearing upon him all their iniquities.</span> The slain goat had symbolized and ceremonially wrought full atonement or covering of sins; but in order to impress upon the mind of the nation a joyful sense of entire liberation from the burden of sin, the second symbol of the disappearing goat is used; so that not only sin, but the consciousness and the fear of the taint and presence of sin, might be taken away from the cleansed and delivered people. The goat is to bear the iniquities of the people <span class="cmt_word">unto a land not inhabited.</span> The latter words - in the original, <span class="accented">eretz gezerah - would</span> be more correctly translated, <span class="accented">a laud cut off</span>, that is, completely isolated from the surrounding country by some barrier of rock or torrent, which would make it impossible for the goat to come back again. Thus the sins were utterly lost, as though they had never been, and they could not return to the sanctified people. The Hebrew word <span class="accented">gazar</span>, to cut (<a href="/1_kings/3-25.htm">1 Kings 3:25</a>; <a href="/psalms/136-18.htm">Psalm 136:18</a>), is represented in Arabic by <span class="accented">jazara</span>, and the substantive <span class="accented">gezerah</span> by <span class="accented">jaziruh</span>, which means an island, or an area surrounded by rivers. The word is still in use in countries where Arabic is spoken, as the designation of a district divided from the neighbouring territories by rivers cutting it off, and making it a sort of island or peninsula. Into such a district as this, the man who led the goat was <span class="cmt_word">to let him go.</span> In later times, contrary to the spirit of the Mosaic appointment, the goat was pushed over a projecting ledge of rock, and so killed, a device of man clumsily introduced for the purpose of perfecting a symbolism of Divine appointment. It was more in accordance with the original institution that "the arrival of the goat in the wilderness was immediately telegraphed by the waving of flags, from station to station, till a few minutes after its occurrence it was known in the temple, and whispered from ear to ear, that the goat had borne upon him all their iniquities into a land not inhabited" (Edersheim, 'Temple Service'). Both the goat that was sacrificed and the goat that served as remover of sins typified Christ. The first presents him to our faith as the Victim on the cross, the other as the Sin-bearer on whom the Lord laid "the iniquity of us all" (<a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4</a>; cf. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a>; <a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a>). "The reason for making use of two animals is to be found purely in the physical impossibility of combining all features that had to be set forth in the sin offering in one animal" (Keil). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/16-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The goat</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂעִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8163.htm">Strong's 8163: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will carry</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָשָׂ֨א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָ֛יו</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">itself</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their iniquities</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺנֹתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wō·nō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a solitary</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּזֵרָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(gə·zê·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1509.htm">Strong's 1509: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">place,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֣רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and [the man] will release</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁלַּ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šil·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[it]</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂעִ֖יר</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8163.htm">Strong's 8163: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into the wilderness.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(bam·miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/16-22.htm">Leviticus 16:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/16-22.htm">Leviticus 16:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/16-22.htm">Leviticus 16:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/16-22.htm">Leviticus 16:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/16-22.htm">Leviticus 16:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/16-22.htm">Leviticus 16:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/16-22.htm">Leviticus 16:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/16-22.htm">Leviticus 16:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/16-22.htm">Leviticus 16:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/16-22.htm">Leviticus 16:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/16-22.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 16:22 The goat shall carry all their iniquities (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 16:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 16:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/16-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 16:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 16:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>