But if he does not wash his clothes and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for iniquity.’”

Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,

“‘When a person sins in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify and he is a witness (he either saw or knew what had happened) and he does not make it known, then he will bear his punishment for iniquity.

“If a person sins and violates any of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated (although he did not know it at the time, but later realizes he is guilty), then he will bear his punishment for iniquity

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