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You seem to be mixing up the priests roll in your post with that of those confessing sin and have not addressed why the Sanctuary needs to be cleansed from sin and taken away from the presence of God by the scapegoats.
It is not just the sanctuary cleansed of sin in the Day of Atonement. It is the sanctuary, the people, everything.
For on that day the priest shall make i]">[i]atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. 31 It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever. 32 And the priest, who is anointed and consecrated to minister as priest in his father’s place, shall make atonement, and put on the linen clothes, the holy garments; 33 then he shall make j]">[j]atonement for k]">[k]the Holy Sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tabernacle of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. 34 This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel, for all their sins, once a year.” And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.
And the reason is that they are a sinful people. It is a picture of corporate forgiveness.
And the sanctuary lives in the midst of this sinful people. So it is also cleansed.
16 So he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, for all their sins; and so he shall do for the tabernacle of meeting which remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
As to the scapegoat, that is not explained in the New Testament. So I would be speculating. But that part of the type happens after the high priest leaves the sanctuary. And it appears to relate to the removal of sin from the world.
The scapegoat is another aspect of Jesus' work. Both the scapegoat and the Lord's goat are of the same type. A lot is used to determine which is which. So both would be without blemish.
7 He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 8 Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord’s lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering. 10 But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness.
Both are pictures of atonement, and aspects of Christ's work.
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