3 “Aaron is to enter the most holy placep in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.q 4 He is to wear a holy linen tunic, and linen undergarments are to be on his body. He is to tie a linen sash around him and wrap his head with a linen turban.r These are holy garments; he must bathe his body with water before he wears them. 5 He is to take from the Israelite community two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.s

6 “Aaron will present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household. 7 Next he will take the two goats and place them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 8 After Aaron casts lotst for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other for an uninhabitable place,* * a 9 he is to present the goat chosen by lot for the Lord and sacrifice it as a sin offering.b 10 But the goat chosen by lot for an uninhabitable place is to be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement with it by sending it into the wildernessc for an uninhabitable place.

11 “When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he will slaughter the bull for his sin offering. 12 Then he is to take a firepan full of blazing coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense,d and bring them inside the curtain.e 13 He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloudf of incense covers the mercy seat that is over the testimony,g or else he will die.h 14 He is to take some of the bull’s bloodi and sprinkle it with his finger against the east side of the mercy seat; then he will sprinkle some of the blood with his finger before the mercy seat seven times.j