Thematic Bible: The offering for the offerer

" 'He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering and it will be accepted for him [in order] to make atonement for him.

Verse Concepts

HeadsHandsSubstitutionLaying On Of HandsAnimal Sacrifices, Burnt

Hands On HeadsLaying Hands On SacrificesAtoning By SacrificesAcceptance

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. Thus the goat shall bear on it to {a barren region} all their guilt, and he shall send the goat away into the desert.