Leviticus 16:22

And the goate shall beare vpon him all their iniquities, vnto a land not inhabited; and he shall let goe the goat in the wildernesse.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And the goat will take all their sins into a land cut off from men, and he will send the goat away into the waste land.
- Basic English Bible

that the goat may bear upon him all their iniquities to a land apart [from men]; and he shall send away the goat into the wilderness.
- Darby Bible

And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
- Webster's Bible

The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
- World English Bible

and the goat hath borne on him all their iniquities unto a land of separation. `And he hath sent the goat away into the wilderness,
- Youngs Literal Bible

And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land which is cut off; and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Leviticus 16:22

16:21 All the iniquities - He mentions iniquities, transgressions, and sins, to note sins of all sorts, and that a free and full confession was to be made, and that the smallest sins needed, and the greatest sins were not excluded from, the benefit of Christ's death here represented. On the head - Charging all their sins and the punishment due to them upon the goat, which tho' only a ceremony, yet being done according to God's appointment and manifestly pointing at Christ upon whom their iniquities and punishments were laid, #Isa 53:5|,6, it was available for this end. And hence the Heathens took their custom of selecting one beast or man, upon whom they laid all their imprecations and curses, and whom they killed as an expiatory sacrifice for their sins, and to prevent their ruin. A fit man - Heb. a man of time, that is, of years and discretion, who may be trusted with this work. Into the wilderness - Which signified the removal of their sins far away both from the people, and out of God's sight. And here the goat being neglected by all men, and exposed to many hazards from wild beasts, which were numerous there, might farther signify Christ's being forsaken both by God and by men, even by his own disciples, and the many dangers and sufferings he underwent. The Jews write, that this goat was carried to the mountain called Azazel, whence the goat is so called, #Lev 16:10|, and that there he was cast down headlong.

16:24 He shall put on his linen garments - Not his ordinary priestly linen garments, for he was to leave them in the tabernacle, #Lev 16:23|, but the high - priestly garments, called his garments properly, and by way of distinction. And this change of his garments was not without cause. For the common priestly garments were more proper for him in the former part of his ministration, both because he was to appear before the Lord in the most holy place to humble himself and make atonement for his own and for the people's sins, and therefore his meanest attire was most fit, and because he was to lay his hands upon that goat on which all their sins were put, by which touch both he and his garments would be in some sort defiled, and therefore as he washed himself, so we may presume his linen garments were laid by for the washing, as the clothes of him who carried away the scape - goat were washed, #Lev 16:26|. And the high - priestly garments were most proper for the latter part of his work, which was of another nature.