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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 16, Verse 22

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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:
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
New English Translation
The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, so he is to send the goat away in the desert.
World English Bible
The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
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And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy [place], and shall leave them there:
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And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
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And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
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And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
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And the bullock [for] the sin offering, and the goat [for] the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy [place], shall [one] carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
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And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
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And [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you: [that] in the seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
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For on that day shall [the priest] make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, [that] ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
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It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
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And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments: