1 The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they came near before the LORD and died.
2 The LORD said to Moses, "Tell your brother Aaron that he must not enter at just any time into the holy place within the veil, in front of the mercy seat that is on the ark, lest he die; for in the cloud I appear over the mercy seat.
3 This is how Aaron shall enter the holy place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
4 He shall put on the holy linen tunic, have the linen undergarments on his body, gird himself with the linen sash, and wrap himself in the linen turban. These are holy garments; he shall bathe his body in water and then put them on.
5 From the congregation of the children of Israel he shall take two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.
6 "Aaron shall present the bull for his own sin offering and make atonement for himself and for his household.
7 He shall take the two goats and stand them before the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
8 Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the LORD and one lot for Azazel.
9 Aaron shall present the goat on which the LORD's lot fell and prepare it as a sin offering.
10 But the goat on which the lot for Azazel fell shall be stood alive before the LORD, to make atonement on it, by sending it away into the wilderness to Azazel.
11 "Aaron shall present the bull for his own sin offering and make atonement for himself and for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.
12 He shall take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring them within the veil.
13 He shall put the incense on the fire before the LORD, so that the cloud from the incense covers the mercy seat that is over the testimony, and he will not die.
14 He shall take some of the bull's blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat, toward the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
15 "Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering for the people, bring its blood within the veil, and do with its blood just as he did with the bull's blood: he shall sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.
16 So he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel and because of their rebellions, in all their sins. He shall do the same for the tent of meeting, which abides with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
17 No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he comes out, having made atonement for himself, for his household, and for the whole assembly of Israel.
18 Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He shall take some of the bull's blood and some of the goat's blood and put it on each of the horns of the altar.
19 With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times, and so cleanse it and make it holy from the uncleannesses 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 press both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel and all their rebellions, in all their sins; he shall put them on the goat's head and send it off into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
22 The goat shall carry on itself all their iniquities to a land cut off, and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
23 "Then Aaron shall go into the tent of meeting, take off the linen garments he put on when he entered the holy place, and leave them there.
24 He shall bathe his body in water in a holy place, put on his own garments, and come out and prepare his burnt offering and the people's burnt offering, making atonement for himself and for the people.
25 The fat of the sin offering he shall send up in smoke on the altar.
26 The man who released the goat for Azazel must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp.
27 The 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 taken outside the camp, and their hides, their flesh, and their dung shall be burned up with fire.
28 The one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp.
29 "This shall be a statute forever for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, you shall humble your souls and do no work of any kind, whether the native or the stranger who lives among you.
30 For on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you will be clean before the LORD.
31 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble your souls; it is a statute forever.
32 The priest who is anointed and ordained to serve as priest in his father's place shall make the atonement; he shall put on the linen garments, the holy garments.
33 He shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary, 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 a statute forever for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once in the year." And he did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.