Leviticus 16:21-34 ▼

21 Aaron is to lay his two hands upon the head of the male goat and confess over it the sins of Israel, all their transgressions, and all their sins, thus placing them on the head of the male goat that he'll then send out to the wilderness by the hand of a man capable of carrying out this task.

22 The male goat will bear on itself all their sins to a solitary land as Aaron sends the goat out to the wilderness.

23 |Then Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off his white linen clothes that he had put on when he entered the sacred place, and leave them there.

24 He is to wash his body with water at the sacred place and put on his clothes. Then he is to go out and offer a whole burnt offering for himself and a whole burnt offering for the people, thereby making atonement on account of himself and on account of the people.

25 |As to the fat from the burnt offering, he is to incinerate it on the altar.

26 The one who sent away the male goat as a scapegoat is to wash his clothes and bathe his body with water. After doing so, he may enter the camp.

27 |The bull for the sin offering and the male goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the sacred place, are to be taken outside the camp. Their skin, meat, and offal are to be incinerated.

28 The one who burns them is to wash his clothes and bathe his body with water. After doing so, he may enter the camp.|

29 |This is to be a perpetual statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you (including both the native born and the resident alien) are to humble yourselves by not doing any work,

30 because on that day, atonement will be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins. You are to be clean in the LORD's presence.

31 It's the Sabbath of all Sabbaths for you, so humble yourselves. This is to be a perpetual statute.

32 The priest who has been anointed and consecrated to be priest after his father is to make the atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen clothing

33 and make atonement for the sacred sanctuary, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar where atonement is carried out. He is also to make atonement for the priests and the people of the entire assembly.

34 This will be a perpetual statute for you as you make atonement once a year for the Israelis on account of all their sins.| So Moses did just as the LORD had commanded him.