Leviticus16:5

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Translation

And from the assembly of the sons of ISRAEL he shall take two kid goats as a sin offering, and one ram as a bunt offering.

Paraphrase

And from the multitude of the people WHO NEVER LET GO OF GOD Aaron shall take two young goats for a sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering.

BOTH GOATS MADE UP THE SIN OFFERING

Notice that it says there are two young goats for a sin offering; both of them together make up the sin offering. All such offerings were offered to YHVH. Because of how this sections starts, we can be confident that sending the one goat into the desert was not a picture of sending it to a demon, or even to the Serpent where sin supposedly came from (which is incorrect because sin started when Eve and then Adam used their freedom of choice to violate a clear directive from God. Satan tempted them, but they made the choice). The Bible never instructs anyone to offer a sacrifice to another god or to a demon; that would legitimize the power of that entity. The purpose of any burnt offering was to show gratitude and commitment to God. One could not show commitment to God and at the same time express dependence on a demon.