Leviticus 16:20-22

Good News Translation

The Scapegoat

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.^{[a] 21 (A)}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 into the desert by someone appointed to do it. ²² The goat will carry all their sins away with him into some uninhabited land.