Leviticus 16:5–19

⁵“He shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel ^atwo male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

⁶“Then ^aAaron shall offer the bull for the sin offering which is for himself, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household.

⁷“He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

⁸“Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the ¹scapegoat.

⁹“Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and make it a sin offering.

¹⁰“But the goat on which the lot for the ¹scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make ^aatonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.

¹¹“Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering ^awhich is for himself and make atonement for himself and ^bfor his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.

¹²“He shall take a ^afirepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the Lord and ¹two handfuls of finely ground ^bsweet incense, and bring it inside the veil.

¹³“He shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of incense may cover the ^1amercy seat that is on the ark of the testimony, ^botherwise he will die.

¹⁴“Moreover, ^ahe shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it ^bwith his finger on the ¹mercy seat on the east side; also in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

¹⁵“Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering ^awhich is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the ¹mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat.

¹⁶“^aHe shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the impurities of the sons of Israel and because of their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and thus he shall do for the tent of meeting which abides with them in the midst of their impurities.

¹⁷“When he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household and for all the assembly of Israel.

¹⁸“Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and of the blood of the goat and ^aput it on the horns of the altar on all sides.

¹⁹“^aWith his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times and cleanse it, and from the impurities of the sons of Israel consecrate it.