Quoting%20commentary for Shevuot 4:12

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מכדי תנא ממכות סליק מאי שנא דתני שבועות משום דתני חייב על הראש שתים אחת מיכן ואחת מיכן

FOR WILFUL TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAWS OF UNCLEANNESS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TEMPLE AND HOLY FOOD THEREOF, THE 'INNER' GOAT OF THE DAY OF ATONEMENT TOGETHER WITH THE DAY OF ATONEMENT ITSELF BRING FORGIVENESS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. ');">⁷</span> FOR OTHER TRANSGRESSIONS OF THE TORAH, LIGHT AND GRAVE, WILFUL AND UNCONSCIOUS, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, THOSE PUNISHABLE BY KARETH<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Extinction by divine intervention; v. Glos.');">⁸</span> AND THOSE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH IMPOSED BY THE COURT - FOR ALL THESE THE SCAPEGOAT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the one to be sent away'.');">⁹</span> BRINGS ATONEMENT TO ISRAELITES, PRIESTS, AND THE ANOINTED HIGH PRIEST. WHAT [THEN] IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISRAELITES, PRIESTS, AND THE ANOINTED HIGH PRIEST?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This apparent contradiction of the former statement is explained in the Gemara (13b) .');">¹⁰</span> - [NONE], SAVE THAT THE BULLOCK<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The bullock brought by the High Priest, Lev. XVI, 3-6.');">¹¹</span> BRINGS ATONEMENT TO THE PRIESTS FOR TRANSGRESSIONS OF THE LAWS OF UNCLEANNESS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TEMPLE AND HOLY FOOD.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas for Israelites the 'inner' and 'outer' goats bring atonement for these transgressions; the scapegoat, however, brings atonement both to Israelites and priests for all other transgressions.');">¹²</span> R'SIMEON SAYS: JUST AS THE BLOOD OF THE GOAT THAT IS SPRINKLED WITHIN THE VEIL BRINGS ATONEMENT FOR ISRAELITES, SO THE BLOOD OF THE BULLOCK BRINGS ATONEMENT FOR PRIESTS; AND JUST AS THE CONFESSION OF SINS PRONOUNCED OVER THE SCAPEGOAT BRINGS ATONEMENT FOR ISRAELITES, SO THE CONFESSION PRONOUNCED OVER THE BULLOCK BRINGS ATONEMENT FOR PRIESTS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Disagreeing with the previous Tanna who holds that the scapegoat brings atonement to both Israelites and priests for other transgressions, he contends that the scapegoat is for Israelites only; the sprinkling of the blood of the 'inner' goat (attended by no confession) brings atonement to Israelites for transgressions connected with uncleanness; the confession over the scapegoat (attended by no blood sprinkling) brings atonement to Israelites for other transgressions. Similarly, the sprinkling of the blood of the bullock brings atonement to priests for transgressions connected with uncleanness; and the confession over the bullock brings atonement to them for other transgressions; v. 13b. seq.');">¹³</span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Now, the Tanna has just ended the treatise Makkoth; why does he study Shebu'oth?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shebu'oth follows immediately upon Makkoth in the MISHNAH: What connection is there between the two treatises that the Tanna studies them in this order?');">¹⁴</span> - Because he learned:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mak. 20a.');">¹⁵</span> For rounding the corners of the head<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Removing the hair from the temples, where the head joins the cheeks; v. Lev. XIX, 27.');">¹⁶</span> the penalty of lashes is incurred twice, once for each corner;

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