Leviticus 16:7–22

⁷Next he will take the two goats and place them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ⁸After Aaron casts lots ^ffor the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other for azazel, ^gh9he is to present the goat chosen by lot for the Lord and sacrifice it as a sin offering. ⁱ¹⁰But the goat chosen by lot for azazel ^jis to be presented alive before the Lord to make purification with it by sending it into the wilderness ^kfor azazel.

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. ¹²Then he must take a firepan full of fiery coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, ^land bring them inside the veil. ^m13He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloud ⁿof incense covers the mercy seat that is over the testimony, ^oor else he will die. ^p14He is to take some of the bull’s blood ^qand 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. ^r

¹⁵“When he slaughters the male goat for the people’s sin offering and brings its blood inside the veil, he must do the same with its blood as he did with the bull’s blood: he is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. ¹⁶He will purify the most holy place in this way for all their sins because of the Israelites’ impurities and rebellious acts. ^sHe will do the same for the tent of meeting that remains among them, because it is surrounded by their impurities. ¹⁷No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time he enters 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. ^t18Then he will 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 the horns on all sides of the altar. ¹⁹He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse and set it apart ^ufrom the Israelites’ impurities. ^v

²⁰“When he has finished purifying the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat. ²¹Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess ^wover it all the Israelites’ wrongdoings ^xand rebellious acts—all their sins. ^yHe is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness ^zby the man appointed for the task. ^a22The goat will carry on it all their wrongdoings into a desolate land, ^band he will release it there.