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10 But[a] he must present alive before[b] Yahweh the goat on which the lot for Azazel fell to make atonement for himself, to send it away into the desert to Azazel.

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  1. Leviticus 16:10 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 16:10 Literally “to the faces of”

20 “And he shall finish making atonement for the sanctuary and the tent of assembly and the altar; then[a] he shall present the living goat. 21 And Aaron shall place his two hands on the living goat’s head, and he shall confess over it all the Israelites[b] iniquities and all their transgressions for all their sins, and he shall put them on the goat’s head, and he shall send it[c] away into the desert with[d] a man standing ready.[e] 22 Thus[f] the goat shall bear on it to a barren region[g] all their guilt, and he shall send the goat away into the desert.

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  1. Leviticus 16:20 Or “and”
  2. Leviticus 16:21 Literally “of the sons/of the children of Israel”
  3. Leviticus 16:21 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Leviticus 16:21 Literally “by the hand of”
  5. Leviticus 16:21 Or “at hand”
  6. Leviticus 16:22 Or “And”
  7. Leviticus 16:22 Literally “a land of separation” or “a land of infertility”