Leviticus 16:20 - 16:28 (The Scapegoat)

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16:20 When Aaron has finished performing the ritual to purify the Most Holy Place, the rest of the Tent of the LORD's presence, and the altar, he shall present to the LORD the live goat chosen for Azazel.

16:21 He shall put both of his hands on the goat's head and confess over it all the evils, sins, and rebellions of the people of Israel, and so transfer them to the goat's head. Then the goat is to be driven off to the desert by someone appointed to do it.

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

16:23 Then Aaron shall go into the Tent,  take off the priestly garments that he had put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there.

16:24 He must take a bath in a holy place and put on his own clothes. After that, he shall go out and offer the burnt offering  to remove his own sins and those of the people.

16:25 He shall burn on the altar the fat of the animal for the sin offeing.

16:26 The man who drove the goat into the desert to Azazel must wash his clothes and take a bath before he comes back into camp.

16:27 The bull and the goat used for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to take away sin, shall be carried outside to camp and burned. Skin, meat, and intestines shall be burned.

16:28 The one who burns them must wash his clothes and take a bath before he returns to camp.

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