¹⁸ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In the first month^(A) on the first day you are to take a young bull without defect^(B) and purify the sanctuary.^{(C) 19} The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge^(D) of the altar^(E) and on the gateposts of the inner court. ²⁰ You are to do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally^(F) or through ignorance; so you are to make atonement for the temple.