Leviticus 16:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a man that is in readiness into the wilderness:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְסָמַ֨ךְ אַהֲרֹ֜ן אֶת־שְׁתֵּ֣י *ידו **יָדָ֗יו עַ֨ל רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׂעִיר֮ הַחַי֒ וְהִתְוַדָּ֣ה עָלָ֗יו אֶת־כָּל־עֲוֺנֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֶת־כָּל־פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֖ם לְכָל־חַטֹּאתָ֑ם וְנָתַ֤ן אֹתָם֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׂעִ֔יר וְשִׁלַּ֛ח בְּיַד־אִ֥ישׁ עִתִּ֖י הַמִּדְבָּֽרָה׃

Transliteration

And-sāmak ʾaharon ʾet-shetey yādāyw upon rōʾsh ha-śāʿir ha-ḥay and-hitwaddāh upon-him ʾet-all-ʿawonōt bene yiśrāʾel and-ʾet-all-pishʿeyhem for-all-ḥaṭṭōʾtām and-nātan them upon-rōʾsh ha-śāʿir and-shillaḥ by-hand-of-ʾish ʿittiy to-the-midbārāh.

Grammar Details

*sāmak*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he leaned/laid/pressed
*ʾaharon*: proper name - Aaron
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*shetey yādāyw*: dual construct + feminine dual noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his two hands
*rōʾsh ha-śāʿir ha-ḥay*: masculine singular construct + definite article + masculine singular noun + definite article + masculine singular adjective - head of the living goat
*hitwaddāh*: hitpael perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he confessed
*ʿawonōt bene yiśrāʾel*: masculine plural construct + masculine plural construct + proper name - iniquities of sons of Israel
*pishʿeyhem*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their transgressions
*ḥaṭṭōʾtām*: feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their sins
*nātan*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gave/put/placed
*rōʾsh ha-śāʿir*: masculine singular construct + definite article + masculine singular noun - head of the goat
*shillaḥ*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he sent away/let go
*ʾish ʿittiy*: masculine singular noun + masculine singular adjective - appointed/timely man
*midbārāh*: masculine singular noun with directional he - to the wilderness

Word Meanings

*sāmak*: lean/lay/press/support
*hitwaddāh*: confess/acknowledge
*ʿawonōt*: iniquities/sins/guilt
*pishʿeyhem*: their transgressions/rebellions/crimes
*shillaḥ*: send away/dismiss/let go
*ʾish ʿittiy*: appointed man/man of times/designated man
*midbārāh*: to the wilderness/desert/uninhabited land

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Referenced Verses

Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
2 Cor 5:21 : 21 {G1063} Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Dan 9:3-9 : 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 And I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments, 5 we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances; 6 neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, that spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. 8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him; 10 neither have we obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside, that they should not obey thy voice: therefore hath the curse been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God; for we have sinned against him. 12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet have we not entreated the favor of Jehovah our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in thy truth. 14 Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I pray thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are round about us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sake. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name. 20 And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God;
Rom 10:10 : 10 for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Exod 29:10 : 10 And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock.
Lev 1:4 : 4 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
Lev 5:5 : 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these [things], that he shall confess that wherein he hath sinned:
Lev 26:40 : 40 And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me,
Ezra 10:1 : 1 Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.
Neh 1:6-7 : 6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned: 7 we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
Neh 9:3-5 : 3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; and [another] fourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God. 4 Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto Jehovah their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Jehovah your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Ps 32:5 : 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. {H5542}
Ps 51:3 : 3 For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.
Prov 28:13 : 13 He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Lev 16:22-23
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22and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
23And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
Lev 16:18-20
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18And he shall go out unto the altar that is before Jehovah, and make atonement for it, and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
19And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.
20And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat:
Lev 16:5-11
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5And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.
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9And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for Jehovah, and offer him for a sin-offering.
10But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before Jehovah, to make atonement for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness.
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Lev 4:23-24
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Lev 8:14
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14And he brought the bullock of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin-offering.
2 Chr 29:23
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Exod 29:19
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Exod 29:15
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15Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat:
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Num 28:22
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Exod 29:10
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Lev 5:6
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Num 7:40
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Lev 4:15
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Num 7:82
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Num 15:27
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Num 7:46
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Num 7:16
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Num 7:28
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