Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

Bible References

They laid

Leviticus 1:4
He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering [transferring symbolically his guilt to the sacrifice], that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.
Leviticus 4:15
Then the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord [to transfer symbolically the congregation’s guilt to the sacrifice], and they shall kill the bull before the Lord.