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And the goatוְ הַשָּׂעִירshall carryנָשָׂאon itselfעָלָיוallאֶת כָּלtheir iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתָםtoאֶלa landאֶרֶץcut off;גְּזֵרָהand he shall letוְשִׁלַּחthe goatאֶת הַשָּׂעִירgoשִׁלַּחin the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּר
Leviticus 16:22
Study it in the app“And the goat shall carry on itself all their iniquities to a land cut off; and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.”
On the day of atonement, the people's sins are placed on a goatThe Cross
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 16:22, word by word
- And the goatשָּׂעִירsair
male goat
An adult male goat, often offered in sacrifice.
Where else “sair” appears- shall carryנָשָׂאnasa
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nasa” appears- their iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתָavonota
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avonota” appears- a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- cut offגְּזֵרָהgezera
cut-off land
A remote place, cut off from everything, without inhabitants. It appears only in Leviticus 16:22.
Where else “gezera” appears- and he shall letשִׁלַּחshilach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shilach” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
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, for all their sins; and he shall put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is ready.
22 · This verse (above)
23Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments that he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and leave them there.