20. The priest shall make an atonement. In the case of the anointed (high) priest nothing is said of atonement or forgiveness. Doubtless he received pardon, as did others, when he confessed his sins. But because the high priest ministered his own sacrifice it would appear that a man could make his own atonement, and the statement is therefore omitted. But here, where the people are concerned, the priest is to make “atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.” The ritual of carrying the bullock outside the camp and burning it in a clean place was the same as when the anointed priest sinned.