Leviticus 16

1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.

2 And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

3 This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

4 He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.

5 And he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

6 Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.

7 Then he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

8 After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,

9 he shall present the goat chosen by lot for the LORD and sacrifice it as a sin offering.

10 But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.

11 When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.

12 Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

13 He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.

14 And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.

15 Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.

16 So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them in the midst of their impurities.

17 No one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he leaves, after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and 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 is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.

19 He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

20 When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat.

21 Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.

22 The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place, and the man will release it into the wilderness.

23 Then Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen garments he put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there.

24 He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make atonement for himself and for the people.

25 He is also to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.

26 The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.

27 The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.

28 The one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.

29 This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—

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

31 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.

32 The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments

33 and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and for the priests and all the people of the assembly.

34 This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.

1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;

2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy [place] within the vail before the mercy seat, which [is] upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy [place]: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these [are] holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and [so] put them on.

5 ¶ And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which [is] for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.

7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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

9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him [for] a sin offering.

10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, [and] to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which [is] for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which [is] for himself:

12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring [it] within the vail:

13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that [is] upon the testimony, that he die not:

14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle [it] with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

15 ¶ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that [is] for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:

16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy [place], because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy [place], until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.

18 And he shall go out unto the altar that [is] before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar round about.

19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

20 ¶ And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy [place], and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:

21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send [him] away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went 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 forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.

25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.

26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

27 And the bullock [for] the sin offering, and the goat [for] the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy [place], shall [one] carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.

28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

29 ¶ And [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you: [that] in the seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

30 For on that day shall [the priest] make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, [that] ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

31 It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments:

33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.

34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, after that the two sons of Aaron were dead, when they sacrificed before the LORD.

2 And he said, Tell Aaron thy brother, that he go not all his days into the inner sanctuary behind the vail that is before the mercy seat that is upon the ark, that he die not: for I will appear in a cloud upon the mercy seat.

3 But with these shall he go in, with a young bullock for a sin offering, and with a ram for a burnt offering.

4 And he shall put on the holy linen garment, and have linen lowcloth upon his flesh, and shall gird himself with a linen girdle, and have on his linen hat: for these are the holy garments: and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.

5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

6 And Aaron shall bring the bullock, his sin offering, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house;

7 And afterward take the two goats, and set them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

8 And he shall cast lots for the two rams, one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the kid.

9 And he shall offer the goat, upon which the LORD'S lot shall fall, for a sin offering.

10 But the goat, upon which the lot of the unborn goat shall fall, he shall present alive before the LORD, to make an atonement for him: and he shall send the unborn goat into the wilderness.

11 And he shall bring the bullock of his sin offering, and make an atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill it.

12 And he shall take a vial of fire from off the altar that is before the LORD, and a handful of pounded incense, and put it behind the vail;

13 And put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the mist of the incense may cover the mercy seat, which is upon the testimony, that he die not.

14 And he shall take the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger before the mercy seat: seven times shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger before the mercy seat.

15 And afterward he shall kill the goat, the sin offering of the people, and bring in the blood thereof behind the vail, and shall do with the blood thereof as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it before the mercy seat;

16 And he shall make an atonement for the sanctuary from the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and from their transgression in all their sins. So shall he do unto the tabernacle of the congregation: for they are unclean that are round about.

17 No man shall be in the tabernacle of the congregation, when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out: and he shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and for all the congregation of Israel.

18 And when he goeth forth unto the altar which is before the LORD, he shall make an atonement for it, and take the blood of the bullock, and the blood of the goat, and put them round about upon the horns of the altar.

19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood thereof with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

20 And when he hath made an atonement for the sanctuary, and for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, he shall bring the live goat.

21 Then Aaron shall lay both his hands upon his head, and confess upon him all the iniquity of the children of Israel, and all their transgression in all their sins; and he shall lay them upon the head of the goat, and cause him to run into the wilderness by a man that is present,

22 That the goat may carry all their iniquities upon him into a wilderness, and leave him in the wilderness.

23 And Aaron shall go into the tabernacle of the congregation, and put off the linen garments which he put on when he entered into the holy place, and shall leave them there.

24 And he shall bathe his flesh in water in the holy place, and put on his own garments, and go forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people,

25 And burn the fat of the sin offering upon the altar.

26 And he that hath brought forth the kid shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and come into the camp.

27 And the bullock of the sin offering, and the goat of the sin offering, which is brought into the sanctuary to make an atonement for the blood thereof, shall be brought forth without the camp, and burnt with fire, both their skin, and their flesh, and their dung.

28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and come into the camp afterward.

29 This also shall be a perpetual statute unto you: On the tenth day of the seventh month ye shall mortify your bodies, and do no work, whether it be native or alien among you.

30 For in this day is your atonement made, that ye should be cleansed; from all your sins ye are cleansed before the LORD.

31 Therefore it shall be unto you the greatest sabbath, and ye shall humble your bodies. An everlasting right be this!

32 And the priest whom he hath ordained, and whose hand he hath filled to be a priest in his father's stead, shall make reconciliation; and he shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.

33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.

34 This shall be a statute for ever unto you, to make reconciliation for the children of Israel from all their sins once in a year: and Moses did as the LORD commanded him.