Where was the scapegoat sent on the Day of Atonement, and what was that place like?
The scapegoat was sent away into the wilderness by the hand of a fit man. That place was characterized as having no record and no geographical pinpoint—an unidentified, untraceable location. It pictured sins being carried far away, beyond any marked place or record.
Les teaches that after the sacrificial goat's blood was sprinkled, the live goat becomes the scapegoat. The priest lays his hands on the live goat's head, confesses over him all the iniquities, transgressions, and sins of Israel, puts them on the goat, and sends him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness. Les emphasizes that this wilderness was a place where there was no record and no geographical pinpoint, so the goat was sent back. He ties this to the hymn line about sins being carried far away and sees it as a picture of what Christ did when He died. He also notes the three hours of darkness and silence on the cross before Christ gave up the ghost.
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: