Leviticus 16:21
And placing both hands upon its head, let him confess all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all of their offenses and sins. And calling these down upon its head, he shall send it away, by means of a man prepared to do so, into the desert.
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Leviticus 1:4And he shall place his hand on the head of the sacrifice, and so it shall be acceptable and effective, in its expiation.
Leviticus 26:40until they confess their iniquities, and those of their ancestors, by which they have transgressed against me and walked as adversaries to me.
Nehemiah 1:6may your ears be attentive, and may your eyes be open, so that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I am praying before you today, night and day, for the sons of Israel, your servants. And I am confessing the sins of the sons of Israel, which they have sinned against you. We have sinned, I and my father’s house.
Psalms 32:5He loves mercy and judgment. The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
Proverbs 28:13Whoever hides his crimes will not be guided. But whoever will have confessed and abandoned them shall overtake mercy.
Daniel 9:3And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to ask and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 16:21-29
20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not… Read the whole commentary →