Leviticus 16:1-13 ▼

1 And YHWH spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the face of YHWH, and they died.

2 And YHWH said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron your brother, and he shall not come in at any time to the Holy Place inside the veil before the face of the mercy seat that is on the ark, and he will not die. For in the cloud I appear above the mercy seat.

3 In this way Aaron shall come to the Holy Place; with a bull, a son of the herd, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

4 And he shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments he shall have on his flesh, and he shall gird himself with a linen sash, and he shall wrap himself with the linen turban; these are holy garments. And he shall bathe his flesh in the water, and he shall put them on.

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

6 And Aaron shall bring near the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and he shall make atonement on behalf of himself, and on behalf of his house.

7 And he shall take the two goats, and he shall present them before the face of YHWH at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

8 And Aaron shall give lots upon the two goats, one lot for YHWH and one lot for Azazel.

9 And Aaron shall bring near the goat upon which the lot for YHWH came up, and he shall do it as a sin offering.

10 And the goat upon which the lot for Azazel came up shall be presented alive before the face of YHWH, to make atonement upon it, to send it away to Azazel into the wilderness.

11 And Aaron shall bring near the bull of the sin offering that is for himself, and he shall make atonement on behalf of himself, and on behalf of his house, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself.

12 And he shall take the fullness of the firepan of burning coals of fire from on the altar before the face of YHWH, and the fullness of his handfuls of fine incense of spices, and he shall bring it inside the veil.

13 And he shall put the incense on the fire before the face of YHWH, and the cloud of incense shall cover the mercy seat that is on the Testimony, and he will not die.