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1 The
LORD spoke to
Moses after the
death of the
two sons of Aaron,
when they came
near before the
LORD, and died;
2 and
the LORD said
to Moses, “Tell
Aaron your brother not
to come at just
any time into
the Most Holy
Place within the
veil, before the
mercy seat which
is on the ark; lest
he die; for
I will appear
in the cloud
on the mercy
seat.
3 “Aaron
shall come into the
sanctuary with a
young bull for
a sin offering,
and a ram for
a burnt offering.
4 He
shall put on
the holy linen
tunic. He shall
have the linen trousers
on his body,
and shall put
on the linen sash,
and he shall
be clothed with
the linen turban.
They are the
holy garments. He
shall bathe his
body in water,
and put them
on.
5 He
shall take from
the congregation
of the children
of Israel two
male goats for
a sin offering,
and one ram for
a burnt offering.
6 “Aaron shall
offer the bull
of the sin
offering, which is
for himself, and
make atonement for
himself and for
his house.
7 He
shall take the
two goats, and
set them before
the LORD at
the door of
the Tent of
Meeting.
8 Aaron shall
cast lots for
the two goats:
one lot for
the LORD, and
the other lot
for the scapegoat.
9 Aaron shall
present the goat
on which the
lot fell for
the LORD, and
offer him for
a sin offering.
10 But
the goat on
which the lot
fell for the
scapegoat shall be
presented alive
before the LORD,
to make atonement
for him, to
send him away
as the scapegoat
into the
wilderness.
11 “Aaron
shall present the
bull of the
sin offering,
which is for
himself, and shall
make atonement for
himself and for
his house, and
shall kill the
bull of the
sin offering which
is for himself.
12 He
shall take a
censer full of
coals of fire
from off the
altar before the
LORD, and two
handfuls of sweet
incense beaten
small, and bring
it within the
veil.
13 He
shall put the
incense on the fire
before the LORD,
that the cloud
of the incense
may cover the
mercy seat that
is on the covenant,
so that he
will not die.
14 He
shall take some
of the blood
of the bull,
and sprinkle it
with his finger on
the mercy seat
on the east;
and before the
mercy seat he
shall sprinkle
some of the
blood with
his finger seven
times.
15 “Then
he shall kill
the goat of
the sin offering
that is for
the people, and
bring his blood
within the veil,
and do with
his blood as
he did with
the blood of
the bull, and
sprinkle it on
the mercy seat
and before the
mercy seat.
16 He
shall make
atonement for the
Holy Place,
because of the
uncleanness of the
children of Israel,
and because of
their transgressions,
even all their
sins; and so
he shall do
for the Tent of
Meeting that
dwells with them
in the middle
of their
uncleanness.
17 No
one shall be
in the Tent of
Meeting when
he enters to make
atonement in the
Holy Place, until
he comes out,
and has made
atonement for
himself and for
his household, and
for all the
assembly of Israel.
18 “He
shall go out
to the altar
that is before
the LORD and
make atonement for
it, and shall
take some of the
bull’s blood,
and some of the
goat’s blood, and
put it around
on the horns
of the altar.
19 He
shall sprinkle
some of the
blood on it
with his finger
seven times, and
cleanse it,
and make it holy
from the
uncleanness of the
children of Israel.
20 “When
he has finished
atoning for the
Holy Place,
the Tent of
Meeting, and the
altar, he shall
present the live
goat.
21 Aaron shall
lay both his
hands on the
head of the
live goat, and
confess over him
all the iniquities
of the children
of Israel, and
all their
transgressions, even
all their sins;
and he shall
put them on
the head of
the goat, and
shall send him
away into the
wilderness by the
hand of a
man who is ready.
22 The
goat shall carry
all their
iniquities on himself
to a solitary land,
and he shall
release the goat
in the wilderness.
23 “Aaron
shall come into the Tent
of Meeting, and
shall take off
the linen garments which
he put on when
he went into the
Holy Place, and
shall leave them
there.
24 Then
he shall bathe
himself in water
in a holy
place, put on
his garments, and
come out and
offer his burnt
offering and the
burnt offering of
the people, and
make atonement for
himself and for
the people.
25 The
fat of the
sin offering
he shall burn on
the altar.
26 “He who
lets the goat
go as the
scapegoat shall
wash his clothes,
and bathe his
flesh in water,
and afterward he
shall come into
the camp.
27 The
bull for the
sin offering, and
the goat for
the sin offering,
whose blood was
brought in to
make atonement in
the Holy Place,
shall be carried
outside the camp;
and they shall
burn their skins,
their flesh, and
their dung
with fire.
28 He who
burns them shall
wash his clothes,
and bathe his
flesh in water,
and afterward he
shall come into
the camp.
29 “It
shall be a
statute to you
forever: in the
seventh month, on
the tenth day
of the month,
you shall afflict
your souls, and
shall do no kind
of work, whether native-born
or a stranger
who lives as
a foreigner among
you;
30 for
on this day
shall atonement be
made for you,
to cleanse you.
You shall be
clean from all
your sins before
the LORD.
31 It
is a Sabbath
of solemn rest
to you, and
you shall afflict
your souls. It
is a statute
forever.
32 The
priest, who is
anointed and who
is consecrated to
be priest in
his father’s place,
shall make the
atonement, and
shall put on
the linen garments, even the
holy garments.
33 Then
he shall make
atonement for the
Holy Sanctuary;
and he shall
make atonement for
the Tent of
Meeting and for
the altar; and
he shall make
atonement for the
priests and for
all the people
of the assembly.
34 “This
shall be an
everlasting statute
for you, to
make atonement for
the children of
Israel once in
the year because
of all their
sins.”
It was done
as the LORD
commanded Moses.