Leviticus 16:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

“And when he has made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat,”

Having made atonement for the Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar he will then present the live goat, presumably before Yahweh. The separate mention of the altar here in this way seems to some to confirm that the altar previously mentioned was the altar of burnt offering.

Leviticus 16:20

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: