Chapter 16
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before Yahweh , and died ;
2 and Yahweh 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 .
4 He 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 .
5 He 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 .
7 He shall take the two goats , and set them before Yahweh at the door of the Tent of Meeting .
8 Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats : one lot for Yahweh , and the other lot for the scapegoat .
9 Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh , and offer him for a sin offering .
10 But the goat on which the lot fell for the scapegoat shall be presented alive before Yahweh , 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 .
12 He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh , and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small , and bring it within the veil .
13 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 covenant, so that he will not die .
14 He 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 .
16 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 he shall do for the Tent of Meeting that dwells with them in the middle of their uncleanness .
17 No 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 Yahweh 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 .
19 He 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 .
21 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 into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is ready.
22 The 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 .
24 Then 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 .
25 The 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 .
27 The 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.
28 He 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 among you ;
30 for on this day shall atonement be made for you , to cleanse you . You shall be clean from all your sins before Yahweh .
31 It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you , and you shall afflict your souls . It is a statute forever .
32 The 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.
33 Then 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 Yahweh commanded Moses .