¹The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before the LORD , and died ;

²and 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 .

⁴He 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 .

⁵He 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 .

⁷He shall take the two goats , and set them before the LORD at the door of the Tent of Meeting .

⁸Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats : one lot for the LORD , and the other lot for the scapegoat .

⁹Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the LORD , and offer him for a sin offering .

¹⁰But 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 .

¹²He 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 .

¹³He 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 .

¹⁴He 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 .

¹⁶He 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 .

¹⁷No 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 .

¹⁹He 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 .

²¹Aaron 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.

²²The 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 .

²⁴Then 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 .

²⁵The 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 .

²⁷The 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.

²⁸He 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 amongst you ;

³⁰for on this day shall atonement be made for you , to cleanse you . You shall be clean from all your sins before the LORD .

³¹It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you , and you shall afflict your souls . It is a statute forever .

³²The 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.

³³Then 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 .