Leviticus 16:22

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

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 wounds you were healed.

Hebrews 9:28

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

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God. He takes away the sins of the world!

Galatians 3:13

The law says we are under a curse for not always obeying it. But Christ took away that curse. He changed places with us and put himself under that curse. The Scriptures say, “Anyone who is hung on a tree is under a curse.”

Micah 7:19

He will come back and comfort us again. He will throw all our sins into the deep sea.

Psalm 103:12

And he has taken our sins as far away from us as the east is from the west.

Psalm 103:10

We sinned against him, but he didn’t give us the punishment we deserved.

Ezekiel 18:22

God will not remember all the bad things they did. He will remember only their goodness, so they will live!”

Leviticus 16:21

He will put both his hands on the head of the living goat. Then he will confess the sins and crimes of the Israelites 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 into the desert. A man will be standing by, ready to lead this goat away.

Leviticus 16:23

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

Ezekiel 4:4

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

Leviticus 14:7

He must sprinkle the blood seven times on those who had the skin disease. Then he must announce that they are clean. After that the priest must go to an open field and let the living bird go free.