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 nativeborn
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.
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