Leviticus 16:21 describes Aaron laying hands on the scapegoat and confessing sins, fulfilling the atonement action initiated in verse 10.

Leviticus 16:22 completes the ritual by sending the scapegoat into the wilderness, carrying away Israel's sins as verse 10 stipulates.

Leviticus 16:26 details the uncleanness of the one releasing the scapegoat — highlighting the defilement from bearing sin.

Leviticus 14:7 uses a similar two-bird ritual for lepers — a released bird parallels the scapegoat's removal of impurity.

Isaiah 53:5 portrays the suffering servant pierced for transgressions, echoing the scapegoat's role of bearing sin away from the people.

Isaiah 53:6 says the Lord laid our iniquity on the servant, mirroring the scapegoat upon which sins are placed.

Isaiah 53:10 describes the servant as a guilt offering; the scapegoat likewise makes atonement by bearing sin away.

Isaiah 53:11 says the righteous servant will bear their iniquities, directly paralleling the scapegoat's function of carrying sins.

Romans 4:25 states Christ was delivered for our sins; the scapegoat was sent away to remove sins, forming a typological preview.

2 Corinthians 5:21 says Christ became sin for us; the scapegoat symbolically becomes the bearer of sin, prefiguring this exchange.

1 John 2:2 declares Christ the propitiation for the whole world — the scapegoat bore Israel's sins away, foreshadowing this universal atonement.