The Day of Atonement

1 And the Lord spoke with Moses after the two sons of Aaron had died, who offered the strange fire before the Lord, and died;⁠a 2 and the Lord said to Moses, Speak with Aaron your brother, that he may not enter at any time into the Holy Place within the veil before the mercy-seat which is on the ark, so that he does not die; for I will reveal Myself in the cloud over the mercy-seat. 3 Aaron shall enter the holy place in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. 4 He shall be dressed in the holy linen garment, and linen undergarments shall be next to his body, and he shall be tied with the linen sash, and the linen turban shall be on his head: these are holy garments; and he shall wash his flesh in water, and then put them on. 5 And he shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel two young goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. 6 And Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering for himself, and make atonement for himself and for the men of his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats, and have them stand before the Lord, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for the Name of the Lord,⁠b and one lot for Azazel. 9 And Aaron shall offer the goat whose lot came up for the Name of the Lord, and make him a sin offering; 10 and he shall have the goat whose lot came up for Azazel stand alive before the Lord, to make an atonement for it, and to send him away to Azazel, to the desert. 11 And Aaron shall offer the bull for his own sin, and make atonement for himself and for the men of his house; and he shall kill the bull for the sin offering which is for himself. 12 And he shall take a fire pan full of burning coals from the altar before the Lord, and his handful of fragrant incense ground fine, and carry them inside the veil.⁠c 13 And he shall put the sweet incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, that he may not die. 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the face of the mercy-seat eastward, and he shall sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger before the mercy-seat. 15 And he shall kill the goat for the sin offering of the people, and enter, with its blood, within the veil, and do with his blood as he had done with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy-seat and before the mercy-seat. 16 And he shall in this way make atonement for the holy place on account of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and the rebellion of all their sin. And he shall do the same for the Tent of Meeting which remains with them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 But no man shall be in the Tent of Meeting when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he comes out: and he shall atone for himself, and for the men of his house, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out to the altar which is before the Lord, and make atonement for it; and take of the blood of the bull and of the goat's blood, and put it on the horns of the altar all around; 19 and he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. 20 And when he has finished making atonement for the holy place, and for the Tent of Meeting, and for the altar, he shall then bring the living goat. 21 And Aaron shall lay his two hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their rebellions, and all their sins, and put them on the head of the goat, and send him away, by the hand of an appointed man, to go into the desert. 22 And the goat shall carry on itself all their iniquities into a land not inhabited; and he shall send the goat away into the desert. 23 And Aaron shall go into the Tent of Meeting, and take off the linen robes which he wore on going into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there. 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the Holy Place, and put on his garments, and come out to offer his burnt sacrifice, and the burnt sacrifice of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people. 25 And he shall burn the fat of the sin offering at the altar. 26 But he who led away the goat to Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards go into the camp. 27 And he shall take outside the camp the bull of the sin offering whose blood was carried in to make atonement in the Holy Place, and they shall burn their skins and their flesh and their food with fire. 28 And he who burned them must wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh with water, and may then enter into the camp. 29 And this shall be to you for an everlasting statute: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls, and do no work, whether the native-born or the proselyte who lives among you. 30 For on that day he shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you from all your sins, that you may be cleansed from all your sins before the Lord. 31 It shall be a Sabbath of Sabbaths for you,⁠d and you shall humble your souls. It is an everlasting statute. 32 And the priest whom he shall anoint, and who shall offer his offering, to serve in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and dress himself with the clothes of fine linen, the consecrated clothes. 33 And he shall make atonement for the Holy of Holies, and he shall make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and he shall make atonement for all the people of the congregation. 34 And this shall be to you an everlasting statute to make atonement for all the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.