Leviticus 16
16The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons when they had approached the Lord and died.H3068H1696H4872H310H4194H8147H1121H175H7126H6440H3068H41912The Lord said to Moses. "Remind your brother Aaron that at no time is he to enter the sacred place from the room that contains the curtain into the presence of the Mercy Seat on top of the ark. Otherwise, he'll die, because I will appear in a cloud at the Mercy Seat.H3068H559H4872H1696H175H251H935H6256H6944H1004H6532H6440H3727H727H4191H7200H6051H37273"aron is to enter the sacred place with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a whole burnt offering.H2063H175H935H6944H1121H1241H6499H2403H352H59304He is to wear a sacred linen tunic and linen breeches that will cover his genitals. He is to clothe himself with a sash and wrap his head with a linen turban. Because they are sacred garments, he is to wash himself with water before putting them on."H3847H6944H906H3801H906H4370H1320H2296H906H73H906H4701H6801H1992H6944H899H7364H1320H4325H38475"He is to take two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a whole burnt offering from the assembly of the Israelites.H3947H5712H1121H3478H8147H8163H5795H2403H259H352H59306Then Aaron is to bring the bull as a sin offering for himself and make atonement for himself and his household.H175H7126H6499H2403H1157H3722H10047"Then he is to take the two male goats and present them in the Lord's presence at the entrance of the tent of meeting.H3947H8147H8163H5975H6440H3068H6607H168H41508Aaron is to cast lots over the two male goats - one lot for the Lord and the other one for the scapegoat.H175H5414H1486H8147H8163H259H1486H3068H259H1486H57999"Aaron then is to bring the male goat on which the lot fell for the Lord and offer it as a sin offering.H175H7126H8163H3068H1486H5927H6213H240310The male goat on which the lot fell for the scapegoat is to be brought alive into the Lord's presence to make atonement for himself. Then he is to send it into the wilderness."H8163H1486H5927H5799H5975H2416H6440H3068H3722H7971H5799H405711"Aaron is then to bring the bull for a sin offering for him, thus making atonement for himself and his household. He is to slaughter the ox for himself.H175H7126H6499H2403H3722H1004H7819H6499H240312Then he is to take a censer, fill it with coals from the fire on the altar in the Lord's presence. With his hands full of spiced and refined incense, he is to bring it beyond the curtain.11H3947H4289H4393H784H1513H784H4196H6440H3068H2651H4393H5561H7004H1851H935H1004H653213"Then he is to place the incense over the fire in the Lord's presence, ensuring that the smoke from the incense covers the atonement place, according to regulation, so he won't die.H5414H7004H784H6440H3068H6051H7004H3680H3727H5715H419114He is to take blood from the ox and spatter it with his forefinger toward the surface of the atonement place. Then he is to spatter the blood on the surface of the atonement place with his forefinger seven times.H3947H1818H6499H5137H676H3727H6924H6440H3727H5137H1818H676H7651H647115"He is to slaughter the male goat as a sin offering for the people and bring its blood beyond the curtain and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull: He is to spatter it on the atonement place over the surface of the atonement place.H7819H8163H2403H5971H935H1818H1004H6532H6213H1818H6213H1818H6499H5137H3727H6440H372716Then he is to make atonement on the sacred place on account of the uncleanness of the Israelites, their transgressions, and all their sins. This is how he is to act in the tent of meeting, which will remain with them in the middle of their uncleanness.H3722H6944H2932H1121H3478H6588H2403H6213H168H4150H7931H8432H293217"No person is to be there when he enters the tent of meeting to make atonement in the sacred place until he comes out and has made atonement on account of himself, his household, and the entire assembly of Israel.H120H168H4150H935H3722H6944H3318H3722H1004H6951H347818When he goes to the altar in the Lord's presence to make atonement for himself, then he is to take some of the blood from the bull and the male goat, place it around the horns of the altar,H3318H4196H6440H3068H3722H3947H1818H6499H1818H8163H5414H7161H4196H543919spattering it with the blood on his forefinger seven times, cleansing and sanctifying it from Israel's sins."H5137H1818H676H7651H6471H2891H6942H2932H1121H347820"When he has completed making atonement at the sacred place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, then he is to present the live male goat.H3615H3722H6944H168H4150H4196H7126H2416H816321Aaron is to lay his two hands upon the head of the male goat and confess over it the sins of Israel, all their transgressions, and all their sins, thus placing them on the head of the male goat that he'll then send out to the wilderness by the hand of a man capable of carrying out this task.H175H5564H8147H3027H7218H2416H8163H3034H5771H1121H3478H6588H2403H5414H7218H8163H7971H3027H6261H376H405722The male goat will bear on itself all their sins to a solitary land, as Aaron sends the goat out to the wilderness.H8163H5375H5771H776H1509H7971H8163H405723"Then Aaron is to enter the tent of meeting, taking off his white linen clothes that he had put on when he entered the sacred place and leaving them there.H175H935H168H4150H6584H906H899H3847H935H6944H324024He is to wash his body with water at the sacred place and put on his clothes. Then he is to go out, offer a whole burnt offering for himself and a whole burnt offering for the people, thereby making atonement on account of himself and on account of the people.H7364H1320H4325H6918H4725H3847H899H3318H6213H5930H5930H5971H3722H597125"As to the fat from the burnt offering, he is to incinerate it on the altar.H2459H2403H6999H419626The one who sent away the male goat as a scapegoat is to wash his clothes and bathe his body with water. After doing so, he may enter the camp.H7971H8163H5799H3526H899H7364H1320H4325H310H935H426427"The bull for the sin offering and the male goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to the sacred place, is to be taken outside the camp. Their skin, meat, and offal are to be incinerated.H6499H2403H8163H2403H1818H935H3722H6944H3318H2351H4264H8313H784H5785H1320H656928The one who burns them is to wash his clothes and bathe his body with water. After doing so, he may enter the camp."H8313H3526H899H7364H1320H4325H310H935H426429"This is to be a perpetual statute for you. On the tenth day of the seventh month, you (including both the native born and the resident alien) are to humble yourselves by not doing any work,H2708H5769H7637H2320H6218H2320H6031H5315H6213H4399H249H1616H1481H843230because on that day, atonement will be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins. You are to be clean in the Lord's presence.H3117H3722H2891H2891H2403H6440H306831It's the Sabbath of all Sabbaths for you, so humble yourselves. This is to be a perpetual statute.H7676H7677H6031H5315H2708H576932"The priest who has been anointed and consecrated to be priest after his father is to make the atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen clothingsH3548H4886H4390H3027H3547H1H3722H3847H906H899H6944H89933and make atonement for the sacred sanctuary, the tent of meeting, and the altar where atonement is carried out. He is also to make atonement for the priests and the people of the entire assembly.H3722H6944H4720H3722H168H4150H4196H3722H3548H5971H695134This will be a perpetual statute for you as you make atonement once a year for the Israelites on account of all their sins." So Moses did just as the Lord had commanded him.H5769H2708H3722H1121H3478H2403H259H8141H6213H3068H6680H4872
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