Lev 16
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew
near before YHWH, and died;
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and YHWH said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark;
that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat.
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Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin-offering,
and a ram for a burnt-offering.
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He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his
flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he
be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and
put them on.
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And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a
sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.
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And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and
make atonement for himself, and for his house.
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And he shall take the two goats, and set them before YHWH at the door of the tent
of meeting.
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And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for YHWH, and the other lot
for Azazel.
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And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for YHWH, and offer him for
a sin-offering.
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But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before YHWH, to
make atonement for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness.
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And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and
shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of
the sin-offering which is for himself:
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and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before YHWH, and
his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:
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and he shall put the incense upon the fire before YHWH, that the cloud of the incense
may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
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and he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon
the mercy-seat on the east; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood
with his finger seven times.
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Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring
his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock,
and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat:
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and he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the
children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins: and
so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwells with them in the midst of their
uncleannesses.
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And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goes in to make atonement
in the holy place, until he come out, and have made atonement for himself, and for
his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.
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And he shall go out to the altar that is before YHWH, and make atonement for it, and
shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon
the horns of the altar round about.
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And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse
it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.
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And when he has made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting,
and the altar, he shall present the live goat:
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and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over
him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even
all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him
away by the hand of a man that is in readiness into the wilderness:
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and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a solitary land: and he shall
let go the goat in the wilderness.
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And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments,
which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
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and he shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and
come forth, and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of the people, and
make atonement for himself and for the people.
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And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar.
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And he who lets go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh
in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
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And the bullock of the sin-offering, and the goat of the sin-offering, whose blood
was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth without
the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their
dung.
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And he who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward
he shall come into the camp.
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And it shall be a statute for ever to you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day
of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born,
or the stranger that sojourns among you:
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for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins
shall you be clean before YHWH.
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It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute
for ever.
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And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in
his father`s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments,
even the holy garments:
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and he shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for
the tent of meeting and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests
and for all the people of the assembly.
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And this shall be an everlasting statute to you, to make atonement for the children
of Israel because of all their sins once in the year. And he did as YHWH commanded
Moses.