Leviticus 16:20
New International Version
“When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat.

New Living Translation
“When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat.

English Standard Version
“And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat.

Berean Standard Bible
When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat.

King James Bible
And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:

New King James Version
“And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat.

New American Standard Bible
“When he finishes atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.

NASB 1995
“When he finishes atoning for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.

NASB 1977
“When he finishes atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.

Legacy Standard Bible
“And when he finishes making atonement for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring near the live goat.

Amplified Bible
“When he has finished atoning for the Holy Place and the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat.

Christian Standard Bible
“When he has finished making atonement for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When he has finished purifying the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat.

American Standard Version
And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And whenever he has finished making atonement for the Holy Place and for the Time Tent and for the altar, he shall bring the living kid:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he shall finish making atonement for the sanctuary and for the tabernacle of witness, and for the altar; and he shall make a cleansing for the priests, and he shall bring the living goat;

Contemporary English Version
After you have purified the most holy place, the sacred tent, and the bronze altar, you must bring the live goat to the front of the tent.

Douay-Rheims Bible
After he hath cleansed the sanctuary, and the tabernacle, and the altar, then let him offer the living goat:

English Revised Version
And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"When he finishes making peace with the LORD at the holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he will bring the living goat forward.

Good News Translation
When Aaron has finished performing the ritual to purify the Most Holy Place, the rest of the Tent of the LORD's presence, and the altar, he shall present to the LORD the live goat chosen for Azazel.

International Standard Version
"When he has completed making atonement at the sacred place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, then he is to present the live male goat.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.

Literal Standard Version
And he has ceased from making atonement [for] the holy place, and the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and has brought the living goat near;

Majority Standard Bible
When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat.

New American Bible
When he has finished purging the inner sanctuary, the tent of meeting and the altar, Aaron shall bring forward the live goat.

NET Bible
"When he has finished purifying the holy place, the Meeting Tent, and the altar, he is to present the live goat.

New Revised Standard Version
When he has finished atoning for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat.

New Heart English Bible
"When he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:

World English Bible
“When he has finished atoning for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.

Young's Literal Translation
And he hath ceased from making atonement for the sanctuary, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, and hath brought near the living goat;

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Context
The Scapegoat
20When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat. 21Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.…

Cross References
Leviticus 16:19
He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

Leviticus 16:21
Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat's head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.

Ezekiel 45:20
You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple.


Treasury of Scripture

And when he has made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:

reconciling

Leviticus 16:16
And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

Leviticus 6:30
And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

Leviticus 8:15
And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

live goat

Romans 4:25
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

Romans 8:34
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

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Leviticus 16
1. how the high priest must enter into the holy place
11. The sin offering for himself
15. The sin offering for the people
20. The scapegoat
29. The yearly feast of the expiations














(20) And when he hath made an end.--Having finished the expiation for himself, his fellow priests, and the sanctuary with its utensils, the goat destined by lot for Azazel, which was standing in the court before the Lord, was now brought to the high priest, that he might complete the sin-offering for the Israelites.

Verses 20, 21. - The second part of the ceremonies of the day now commences. It was not enough that the defilement of the sanctuary should be covered, and the sins of the priests and people atoned for by the blood of the sacrifices. There remained a consciousness of sin. How was this to be taken away? To effect this, Aaron proceeds to the unique ceremony of the day by which the utter removal of sin from the reconciled people is typified. He shall bring the live goat; this should be translated offer the live goat. It is the word used above for the offering of the goat that was slain, and it is the word always used for offering sacrifices to the Lord. The first goat had been offered in the usual manner, the offerer laying his hand on his head and perhaps praying over him. Now the second goat is offered, the high priest having to lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel,... putting them upon the head of the goat. The confession of sins, at first extempore, would naturally, as time progressed, become stereotyped into a liturgical form, as it is found in the Mishna: "O Lord, they have committed iniquity; they have transgressed; they have sinned, - thy people, the house of Israel. O Lord, cover over, I entreat thee, their iniquities, their transgressions, and their sins, which they have wickedly committed, transgressed, and sinned before thee, - thy people, the house of Israel. As it is written in the Law of Moses thy servant, saying, ' For on that day shall it be covered over for you, to make you clean; from all your sins before the Lord ye shall be cleansed'" (Edersheim, 'Temple Service '). During this confession of sins the people remained prostrate in humiliation and prayer in the court of the tabernacle, and it was the custom of the high priest to turn towards them as he pronounced the last words, "Ye shall be cleansed." At the conclusion of the confession, the high priest handed over the goat to a fit man, that is, to a man who was standing ready to take charge of him, and sent him away by his hand into the wilderness.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When [Aaron] has finished
וְכִלָּה֙ (wə·ḵil·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

purifying
מִכַּפֵּ֣ר (mik·kap·pêr)
Preposition-m | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3722: To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel

the Most Holy Place,
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ (haq·qō·ḏeš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

the Tent
אֹ֥הֶל (’ō·hel)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 168: A tent

of Meeting,
מוֹעֵ֖ד (mō·w·‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting

and the altar,
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar

he is to bring forward
וְהִקְרִ֖יב (wə·hiq·rîḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

the live
הֶחָֽי׃ (he·ḥāy)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

goat.
הַשָּׂעִ֥יר (haś·śā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8163: Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun


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