19 He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse and set it apart(A) from the Israelites’ impurities.(B)

20 “When he has finished making atonement for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat. 21 Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess(C) over it all the Israelites’ iniquities(D) and rebellious acts—all their sins.(E) He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness(F) by the man appointed for the task.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 16:21 Lit wilderness in the hand of a ready man

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