Leviticus 16:22

Easy To Read Version

So the goat will carry all the people’s sins on itself to the empty desert. The man who leads the goat will let it loose in the desert.

Cross References

Psalm 103:10

We sinned against God\par but he didn’t give us\par the punishment we deserved.\par

Psalm 103:12

And God has taken our sins\par as far away from us\par as the east is from the west.\par

Ezekiel 18:22

God won’t remember all the bad things he did. God will remember only his goodness! So that man will live!”

Ezekiel 4:4

“Then you must lie down on your left side. You \{must do the thing that shows that you\} are taking the sins of the people of Israel on yourself. You will carry that guilt for as many days as you lie on your left side.

Leviticus 14:7

The priest must sprinkle the blood seven times on the person who had the skin disease. Then the priest must announce that the person is clean. After that, the priest must go to an open field and let the living bird go free.

Leviticus 16:21

Aaron will put both his hands on the head of the living goat. Then Aaron will confess (admit) the sins and crimes of the people of Israel over the goat. In this way, Aaron will lay the people’s sins on the goat’s head. Then he will send the goat away to the desert. A man will be standing by, ready to lead this goat away.

Leviticus 16:23

“Then Aaron will enter the Meeting Tent. [293] He will take off the linen clothes that he put on when he went into the Holy Place. He must leave these clothes there.

Micah 7:19

He will come back and comfort us again.\par He will crush our guilt\par and throw all of our sins\par into the deep sea.\par

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God. {\cf2\super [21]} He takes away the sins of the world!

Galatians 3:13

The law put a curse on us. But Christ took away that curse. He changed places with us. Christ put himself under that curse. The Scriptures say, “When a person’s body is put (hung) on a tree, {\cf2\super [32]} that person is under a curse.” {\cf2\super [33]}

Hebrews 9:28

So Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time to take away the sins of many people. And Christ will come a second time, but not for people’s sin. Christ will come the second time to bring salvation to those people who are waiting for him.

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his (Christ’s) wounds you were healed.