en_tn/lev/16/20.md

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he must present the live goat

This goat is called the scapegoat in verse Leviticus 16:10.

confess over him

"confess over the goat"

he must put that sinfulness on the head of the goat

Aaron's actions here were a symbolic transfer of the people's sin to the goat as a sign that the goat would bear the punishment for their guilt. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction)

wickedness ... rebellion ... sins

These all mean basically the same thing. Aaron is confessing every kind of sin that the people committed.

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