1And Jehovah spake unto Moses , after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Jehovah , and died ; 2and Jehovah said unto Moses , Speak unto Aaron thy 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. 3Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place : with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering. 4He 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 . 5And 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. 6And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself , and make atonement for himself , and for his house . 7And he shall take the two goats , and set them before Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting . 8And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats ; one lot for Jehovah , and the other lot for Azazel. 9And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for Jehovah , and offer him for a sin-offering. 10But the goat , on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before Jehovah , to make atonement for him , to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness .
The Rituals of Atonement
11And 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 . 12And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah , and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small , and bring it within the veil : 13and he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah , that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony , that he die not : 14and 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 . 15Then 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: 16and 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 dwelleth with them in the midst of their uncleannesses . 17And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goeth 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 . 18And he shall go out unto the altar that is before Jehovah , 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 . 19And 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 .
The Significance of the Scapegoat
20And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place , and the tent of meeting , and the altar , he shall present the live goat : 21and 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 : 22and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness .
The Perpetual Statute
23And 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 : 24and 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 . 25And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar . 26And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water , and afterward he shall come into the camp . 27And 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 . 28And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water , and afterward he shall come into the camp . 29And it shall be a statute for ever unto you : in the seventh month , on the tenth day of the month , ye shall afflict your souls , and shall do no manner of work , the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you : 30for on this day shall atonement be made for you , to cleanse you ; from all your sins shall ye be clean before Jehovah . 31It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you , and ye shall afflict your souls ; it is a statute for ever . 32And 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: 33and 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 . 34And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you , to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year . And he did as Jehovah commanded Moses .