Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
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.
New American Standard Bible
The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
King James Version
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Holman Bible
The goat will carry on it all their wrongdoings into a desolate land,
International Standard Version
The male goat will bear on itself all their sins to a solitary land as Aaron sends the goat out to the wilderness.
A Conservative Version
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a solitary land. And he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
American Standard Version
and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Amplified
The goat shall carry on itself all their (the Israelites) wickedness, carrying them to a solitary (infertile) land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And the he goat lifted up upon him all their iniquities to a desert land: and he sent the he goat into the desert
King James 2000
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus the goat shall bear on it to {a barren region} all their guilt, and he shall send the goat away into the desert.
Modern King James verseion
And the goat shall bear on him all their sins to a land in which no one lives. And he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the goat shall bear upon him all their misdeeds unto the wilderness, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.
NET Bible
The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, so he is to send the goat away in the wilderness.
New Heart English Bible
The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
The Emphasized Bible
so shall the goat hear upon him all their iniquities into a lone land, - and he shall set the goat free, in the desert.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
Youngs Literal Translation
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,
Themes
Atonement » Day of » How observed
Desert » An arid region having only sparse vegetation
hands » Imposition of, used in » Transferring guilt of sacrifices
Offerings » Ordinance relating to the scapegoat
Sacrifices » Were offered » For the whole nation
Scapegoat » Sent into the wilderness by the hands of a fit person
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 16:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of Atonement
21 And Aaron, placing his two hands on the head of the living goat, will make a public statement over him of all the evil doings of the children of Israel and all their wrongdoing, in all their sins; and he will put them on the head of the goat and send him away, in the care of a man who will be waiting there, into the waste land. 22 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. 23 Then let Aaron come into the Tent of meeting and take off the linen clothing which he put on when he went into the holy place, and put them down there;
Cross References
Isaiah 53:11-12
... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.
John 1:29
The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Hebrews 9:28
So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.
1 Peter 2:24
He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
Psalm 103:10
He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.
Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.
Ezekiel 18:22
Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in memory against him: in the righteousness which he has done he will have life.
Micah 7:19
He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
Galatians 3:13
Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree: