The First Book of Moses, Commonly Called Leviticus (WEB)
16: 1Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near
before Yahweh, and died; 16:2and Yahweh said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, that he
doesn't come at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the
ark; that he not die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat. 16:3Herewith shall Aaron come
into the holy place: with a young bull for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. 16:4He shall
put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches on his flesh, and shall be girded
with the linen sash, and with the linen turban shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and
he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on. 16:5He shall take of the congregation of the
children of Israel two male goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. 16:6Aaron
shall present the bull of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself,
and for his house. 16:7He shall take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at the door of the
tent of meeting. 16:8Aaron shall cast lots on the two goats; one lot for Yahweh, and the other lot for
Azazel. 16:9Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh, and offer him for a
sin-offering. 16:10But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before Yahweh, to
make atonement for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness. 16:11Aaron 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: 16:12and he shall take a
censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small, and bring it within the veil: 16:13and he shall put the incense on the fire before
Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the testimony, that he
not die: 16:14and he shall take of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy
seat on the east; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven
times. 16:15Then 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 bull, and sprinkle it on the
mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: 16:16and 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 shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwells with them in the midst of their uncleanness.
16:17There shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goes 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. 16:18He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh, and make atonement
for it, and shall take of the blood of the bull, and of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns
of the altar round about. 16:19He shall sprinkle 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. 16:20When he has made
an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live
goat: 16:21and 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 by the hand of a man who is in
readiness into the wilderness: 16:22and the goat shall bear on him all their iniquities to a solitary
land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. 16:23Aaron 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: 16:24and 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. 16:25The fat of the sin-offering shall he burn on the altar.
16:26He who lets go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and
afterward he shall come into the camp. 16:27The bull 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 outside of the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their
dung. 16:28He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he
shall come into the camp. 16:29It shall be a statute forever to you: in the seventh month, on the tenth
day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or
the stranger who sojourns among you: 16:30for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to
cleanse you; from all your sins shall you be clean before Yahweh. 16:31It is a Sabbath of solemn rest
to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever. 16:32The priest, who shall be anointed
and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall
put on the linen garments, even the holy garments: 16:33and 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. 16:34This shall be an
everlasting statute to you, to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins
once in the year. He did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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