Graphic Bible · Scene 10 of 16

Aaron lays both hands on the living goat’s head while the appointed man waits with its lead. The accompanying verses state the confession of all Israel’s sins and the sending of the goat into the wilderness after the sanctuary rites.
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Leviticus 16:20-21

All Israel's sins confessed

The Day of Atonement · Leviticus 16

Story guide: Aaron lays both hands on the living goat’s head while the appointed man waits with its lead. The accompanying verses state the confession of all Israel’s sins and the sending of the goat into the wilderness after the sanctuary rites.

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20When he has finished making atonement for the sanctuary, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.

21And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins, and put them on the head of the goat, and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.

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