⁵³ Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields^(A) outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.^(B)”

²¹ He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat^(A) and confess^(B) over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. ²² The goat will carry on itself all their sins^(C) to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.