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Leviticus 16:22

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16:22The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land,38 so he is to send the goat away39 in the wilderness.

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  1. 38 The Hebrew term rendered “inaccessible” derives from a root meaning “to cut off” (cf. “an isolated region”). Another possible translation would be “infertile land” (see *גָּזֵּר and cf. “a barren region”; “a desolate land.”
  2. 39 Heb “and he [the man (standing) ready, v. 21] shall send the goat away.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The goat will carry all their iniquities into a desolate land, and the man will release it there.

NLTNew Living Translation

As the goat goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people’s sins upon itself into a desolate land.

LEBThe Lexham English 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.

KJV 1900King 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.