Leviticus 16:20-22

The Day of Atonement

²⁰ "And when he has made an end of _x atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat. ²¹ And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins. And he shall _y put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness. ²² The goat shall _z bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and _a he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.

1. Cross References
   Leviticus 16:16
   Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleannesses of the people of Israel and because of their transgressions, all their sins. And so he shall do for the tent of meeting, which dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
   Leviticus 16:18
   Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar all around.
   Ezekiel 43:20
   And you shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon the rim all around. Thus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it.
   Ezekiel 45:20
   You shall do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who has sinned through error or ignorance; so you shall make atonement for the temple.
   
2. Cross References
   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.
   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.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 53:11 - 12
   Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
   John 1:29
   The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
   Hebrews 9:28
   So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
   1 Peter 2:24
   He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
   
4. Cross References
   Leviticus 14:7
   And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field.