Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 shall place his two hands on the living goat's head, and he shall confess over it all the {Israelites}' iniquities and all their transgressions for all their sins, and he shall put them on the goat's head, and he shall send [it] away into the desert {with} a man [standing] ready. 22 Thus the goat shall bear on it to {a barren region} all their guilt, and he shall send the goat away into the desert. 23 "And Aaron shall enter [the] tent of assembly, and he shall take off the linen garments that he put on at his coming to the sanctuary, and he shall leave them there.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:11-12
From the trouble of his life he will see; he will be satisfied. In his knowledge, [the] righteous [one], my servant, shall declare many righteous, and he is the one who will bear their iniquities.
John 1:29
On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Hebrews 9:28
thus also Christ, having been offered once in order to bear the sins of many, will appear for the second time without reference to sin to those who eagerly await him for salvation.
1 Peter 2:24
who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that [we] may die to sins [and] live to righteousness, by whose wounds you were healed.
Psalm 103:10
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities.
Psalm 103:12
As far as east [is] from west, [so] he has removed far from us [the guilt of] our transgressions.
Ezekiel 18:22
All of his transgressions that he committed will not be remembered against him. Through his righteousness that he has done he shall live.
Micah 7:19
{He will again have compassion} on us; he will trample our iniquities. And you will hurl all their sins in the depths of the sea.
Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law [by] becoming a curse for us, because it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who hangs on a tree,"