Imamat 16:22-23

16:22 The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, ¹  so he is to send the goat away ²  in the wilderness.

The Concluding Rituals

16:23 “Aaron must then enter ³  the Meeting Tent and take off the linen garments which he had put on when he entered the sanctuary, and leave them there.

[16:22]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term rendered “inaccessible” derives from a root meaning “to cut off” (cf. NAB “an isolated region”). Another possible translation would be “infertile land” (see HALOT 187 s.v. *גָּזֵּר and cf. NRSV “a barren region”; NLT “a desolate land.”

[16:22]  ² tn Heb “and he [the man (standing) ready, v. 21] shall send the goat away.”

[16:23]  ³ tn Heb “And Aaron shall enter.”