Leviticus 16:22
Good News Translation
The goat will carry all their sins away with him into some uninhabited land.

New Revised Standard Version
The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a barren region; and the goat shall be set free in the wilderness.

Contemporary English Version
Finally, this goat that carries the heavy burden of Israel's sins must be released deep in the desert.

New American Bible
The goat will carry off all their iniquities to an isolated region. When the goat is dispatched into the wilderness,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the goat hath carried all their iniquities into an uninhabited land, and shall be let go into the desert:

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And when the goat hath carried all their iniquities into an uninhabited land, and shall be let go into the desert:

bear upon

Isaiah 53:11,12 Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities. . . .

John 1:29 The next day, John saw Jesus coming to him; and he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him who taketh away the sin of the world.

Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us (for it is written: Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree).

Hebrews 9:28 So also Christ was offered once to exhaust the sins of many. The second time he shall appear without sin to them that expect him unto salvation.

1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bore our sins in his body upon the tree: that we, being dead to sins, should live to justice: by whose stripes you were healed.

not inhabited [heb] of separation

Psalm 103:10,12 He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. . . .

Ezekiel 18:22 I will not remember all his iniquities that he hath done: in his justice which he hath wrought, he shall live.

Micah 7:19 He will turn again, and have mercy on us: he will put away our iniquities: and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea.

Context
The Scapegoat
21And putting both hands upon his head, let him confess all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their offences and sins. And praying that they may light on its head, he shall turn him out by a man ready for it, into the desert. 22And when the goat hath carried all their iniquities into an uninhabited land, and shall be let go into the desert:23Aaron shall return into the tabernacle of the testimony, and putting off the vestments, which he had on him before when he entered into the sanctuary, and leaving them there,…
Cross References
Leviticus 16:21
And putting both hands upon his head, let him confess all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their offences and sins. And praying that they may light on its head, he shall turn him out by a man ready for it, into the desert.

Leviticus 16:23
Aaron shall return into the tabernacle of the testimony, and putting off the vestments, which he had on him before when he entered into the sanctuary, and leaving them there,

Ezekiel 4:4
And thou shalt sleep upon thy left side, and shalt lay the iniquities of the house of Israel upon it, according to the number of the days that thou shalt sleep upon it, and thou shalt take upon thee their iniquity.

Leviticus 16:21
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