Leviticus 16:21

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.

Cross References

Ezra 10:1

While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel; for the people wept bitterly.

Psalm 32:5

I acknowledged my sin to thee, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my trangressions to the Lord”; then thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin. Selah

Psalm 51:3

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

Exodus 29:10

“Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull,

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Leviticus 1:4

he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 16:20

“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;

Leviticus 16:22

The goat shall bear all their iniquities upon him to a solitary land; and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.

Leviticus 26:40

“But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery which they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me,

Leviticus 5:5

When a man is guilty in any of these, he shall confess the sin he has committed,

Romans 10:10

For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.

2 Corinthians 5:21

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.