What the Bible says about Second Goat had Sins Laid Upon it
(From Forerunner Commentary)
An intriguing picture emerges when we compare the regular sin offering to what happened with the two goats for the Day of Atonement sin offering. The procedure for each goat individually lacked a critical element found in the regular sin offering. The first goat was killed but had no sins symbolically transferred to it. The second goat had hands and sins laid on it, but it was not killed by the priest. Each was missing something found in the regular sin offering, but together, they comprised a sin offering by which something far greater was accomplished.
While the regular sin offering kept adding records of sins to the altar throughout the year, on the Day of Atonement, the record of sins was first cleansed with pure blood, and then all the sins were removed from the nation. One goat had to die for cleansing; the other goat had to remain alive for bearing the sins away, removing them from God's presence.
David C. Grabbe
Azazel: Endings