Leviticus 16:22
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the goat shall bear on him all their iniquities to a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the goat shall bear on him all their iniquities to a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
American Standard Version (ASV)
and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And the goat will take all their sins into a land cut off from men, and he will send the goat away into the waste land.
Webster's Revision
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
World English Bible
The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
English Revised Version (ERV)
and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Definitions for Leviticus 16:22
Barnes's Leviticus 16:22 Bible Commentary
Unto a land not inhabited - Unto a place cut off, or (as in the margin) a place "of separation."
It is evident that the one signification of the ceremony of this goat was the complete removal of the sins which were confessed over him. No symbol could so plainly set forth the completeness of Yahweh's acceptance of the penitent, as a sin-offering in which a life was given up for the altar, and yet a living being survived to carry away all sin and uncleanness.