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Leviticus 16

Lev. 16:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the goat
sa`iyr (Hebrew #8163)
from 8175; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
KJV usage: devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.
Pronounce: saw-eer'
Origin: or sabir {saw-eer'}
shall bear
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
d upon him all their iniquities
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
unto a land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
δnot inhabited
gzerah (Hebrew #1509)
a desert (as separated)
KJV usage: not inhabited.
Pronounce: ghez-ay-raw'
Origin: from 1504
e: and he shall let go
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the goat
sa`iyr (Hebrew #8163)
from 8175; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
KJV usage: devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.
Pronounce: saw-eer'
Origin: or sabir {saw-eer'}
in the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
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Isa. 53:11‑12• 11From the travail of his soul shall he see, he shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct the many in righteousness; and he shall bear their iniquities.
 12Therefore will I assign him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isa. 53:11‑12)
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John 1:29• 29On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world! (John 1:29)
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Heb. 9:28• 28so also the Christ, having been once offered to bear sins of many, shall appear a second time apart from sin to those that look for him unto salvation. (Heb. 9:28)
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1 Peter 2:24• 24who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:24)
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of Separation.
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Psa. 103:12• 12As far as east from west,{HR}He hath put far from us our transgressions. (Psa. 103:12)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 53:11‑12• 11From the travail of his soul shall he see, he shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct the many in righteousness; and he shall bear their iniquities.
 12Therefore will I assign him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isa. 53:11‑12)
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John 1:29• 29On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world! (John 1:29)
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Gal. 3:13• 13Christ bought us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, “Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree,”) (Gal. 3:13)
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Heb. 9:28• 28so also the Christ, having been once offered to bear sins of many, shall appear a second time apart from sin to those that look for him unto salvation. (Heb. 9:28)
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1 Peter 2:24• 24who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:24)
not inhabited.
Heb. of separation.
Psa. 103:10,12• 10He hath not dealt with us according to our sins,{HR}Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
 12As far as east from west,{HR}He hath put far from us our transgressions. (Psa. 103:10,12)
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Ezek. 18:22• 22All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. (Ezek. 18:22)
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Mic. 7:19• 19He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. (Mic. 7:19)
• God would give the Christian the distinct knowledge that all his sins are so completely gone that he is already free to draw near habitually into the holiest of all. How could the witness to that clearance be represented so well as in a figure of a live animal—the second goat—charged with all the iniquities and transgressions and sins confessed upon its head, and, by a man appointed, or in readiness, to be sent into a solitary land, i.e. let go in the wilderness? (“Leviticus 16:20-22, Azazel or the People's Lot, Part 1” by W. Kelly)
• When Christ rose from the dead, it was in view of His going to heaven, whereas the live goat here is sent into the wilderness. But the wilderness cannot represent a scene of glory: heaven is anything but a land that is not inhabited. No; resurrection has no place whatever in this type; which is just God giving a lively figure of the dismissal of the sins that were confessed, to where they could never be found again. (“Leviticus 16:20-22, Azazel or the People's Lot, Part 1” by W. Kelly)
• You have no warrant to tell a soul, until there is faith in Christ, that his sins are all gone. When he believes the gospel, you are entitled to tell him, in virtue of the truth figured in the second goat, that Christ bore his sins in His own body on the tree, and bore them away forever. The work of propitiation is seen under the first goat. When the sins are confessed and sent away, then is the comfort of knowing that all the heavy burden is clean gone never to reappear. This one cannot say to every soul. Here it is that the limitation to Israel has its importance. The people are concerned in the second goat in a very definite manner. In the former case it was Jehovah's lot; in the second place, it is the people's lot. By the “people” is not meant everybody, but (as far as Leviticus speaks) the chosen nation, and that nation only. But why reason like a Calvinist to limit Jehovah? Would you narrow the glad tidings of God? (“Leviticus 16:20-22, Azazel or the People's Lot, Part 2” by W. Kelly)
• The bullock is seen when we come to the knowledge that we are made free of entrance into the sanctuary, and so can as priests draw near where God is. This is very far from being our apprehension when first, however truly, awakened. The soul then feels itself without the sanctuary, and cries for mercy, while owning itself a just object of divine judgment. Such is the state to which the two goats apply. Not only do we plead the blood as vindicating God on the one hand, but need the remission of our sins on the other to give us assurance that they are gone. (“Leviticus 16:20-22, Azazel or the People's Lot, Part 4” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that the goat may bear upon him all their iniquities to a land apart from men; and he shall send away the goat into the wilderness.

W. Kelly Translation

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and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat into the wilderness.