20 When Aharon has finished purifying the sacred room, the sacred tent, and the altar, then he should present the live goat. 21 He must place both his hands on the goat’s head, and confess all of Israel’s disobedience, rebellion, and shortcomings—symbolically placing them onto the goat’s head, and then he must choose a man that’s nearby to take it into the wilderness. 22 Then he’ll release the goat there in the wilderness, and the goat will carry all their sins into that barren land.

23 Then Aharon must enter the sacred tent and take off the linen garment that he’d put on as he’d entered into the sacred room and leave them there.[ref] 24 Then he must wash himself in water in a sacred place, put on his regular clothes, and go out and make his burnt offering and the burnt offering for the people, thus making both himself and the people right with Yahweh. 25 Then he must burn the fat from the sin offering up on the altar. 26 Also, the person who led away the ‘scapegoat’ must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and then he can reenter the camp. 27 Then the remains of the bull and the goat from the sin offerings (whose blood was taken into the sacred room to make atonement) must be taken to a place outside the camp where they must be burnt—skins, flesh, and dung.[ref] 28 The man who burnt them must then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and then he can reenter the camp.