THE DAY OF ATONEMENT

16 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presencei of* the Lord and died.j 2 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy placek behind the curtainl in front of the mercy seatm on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloudn above the mercy seat.o