Leviticus 16:22
What does Leviticus 16:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 16:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the goat hath borne on him all their iniquities unto a land of separation. `And he hath sent the goat away into the wilderness,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when the goat hath carried all their iniquities into an uninhabited land, and shall be let go into the desert:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890that 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.
Context
v.21and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a man that is in readiness into the wilderness:
v.22This passage
v.23And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
- Micah 7:19
He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
- Psalms 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
- Ezekiel 18:22
None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
- 1 Peter 2:24
who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
- Isaiah 53:11
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.
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