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22 The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land,[a] so he is to send the goat away[b] into the desert.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:22 tn The Hebrew term rendered “inaccessible” derives from a root meaning “to cut off” (cf. NAB “an isolated region”). Another possible translation would be “infertile land” (see HALOT 187 s.v. *גָּזֵּר and cf. NRSV “a barren region”; NLT “a desolate land.”
  2. Leviticus 16:22 tn Heb “and he [the man (standing) ready, v. 21] shall send the goat away.”

22 The goat will carry on itself all their sins(A) to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.

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