Leviticus 16
1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when
they drew near before Jehovah, and died;
2 and Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at
all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is
upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the
mercy-seat.
3 Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a
sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering.
4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon
his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre
shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in
water, and put them on.
5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats
for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.
6 And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself,
and make atonement for himself, and for his house.
7 And he shall take the two goats, and set them before Jehovah at the door of
the tent of meeting.
8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for Jehovah, and the
other lot for Azazel.
9 And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for Jehovah, and
offer him for a sin-offering.
10 But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before
Jehovah, to make atonement for him, to send him away for Azazel into the
wilderness.
11 And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for
himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill
the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself:
12 and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before
Jehovah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within
the veil:
13 and he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of
the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he die
not:
14 and he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his
finger upon the mercy-seat on the east; and before the mercy-seat shall he
sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
15 Then shall he 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 bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat:
16 and he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses
of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their
sins: and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth with them in the
midst of their uncleannesses.
17 And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goeth in to make
atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made atonement for
himself, and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.
18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before Jehovah, and make atonement
for it, and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the
goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and
cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.
20 And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of
meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat:
21 and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon 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 upon the head of the
goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a man that is in readiness into the
wilderness:
22 and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land:
and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
23 And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen
garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them
there:
24 and he shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his
garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of
the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.
25 And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar.
26 And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe
his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
27 And the bullock of the sin-offering, and the goat of the sin-offering, whose
blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth
without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh,
and their dung.
28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in
water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
29 And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the
tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of
work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you:
30 for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all
your sins shall ye be clean before Jehovah.
31 It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it
is a statute for ever.
32 And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be
priest in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the
linen garments, even the holy garments:
33 and 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 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the
children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year. And he did as
Jehovah commanded Moses.