Confession of the High Priest

Leviticus 16:21, in which the high priest confesses the sins of the community and transfers them onto the head of the goat that is then banished to the wilderness, is elaborated on by the rabbis in tractate Yoma (called Kippurim in the Tosefta). Here they specify a wording for this confession. The biblical verse also serves as the basis for their requirement to make verbal confession of sins on Yom Kippur even after the destruction of the Temple.