² The Lord said to Moses, “Tell your brother Aaron that he must not enter into the Holy Place at any time he chooses by going inside the veil which is in front of the atonement seat^[a] that is on the ark. This is so that he will not die, for I appear in the cloud over the atonement seat.”

³ This is how Aaron shall enter the Holy Place: with a bull from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a whole burnt offering.

⁶ Aaron shall present the bull for his own sin offering, to make atonement for himself and for his household.

⁷ He shall take the two male goats and stand them before the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. ⁸ Aaron is to cast lots for the two goats, one lot marked “for the Lord” and the other lot marked “for the scapegoat.”^{[a] 9} Aaron shall bring forward the goat that received the lot “for the Lord,” to prepare it as a sin offering, ¹⁰ but the goat that received the lot marked “for the scapegoat” is to be kept alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon it^[b] in order to send it off into the wilderness as the scapegoat.

¹¹ After Aaron has presented the bull for his sin offering to make atonement for himself and for his household, he shall slaughter the bull for his sin offering. ¹² Then he is to take a full pan of glowing coals from the top of the altar, which is before the Lord, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and bring them inside the veil. ¹³ He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord so that the cloud from the incense covers the atonement seat that is over the Testimony,^[c] so he will not die. ¹⁴ He is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger upon the surface of the atonement seat on its east side.^[d] He is also to sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger in front of the atonement seat.

¹⁵ He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering of the people. He is to bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he had done with the blood of the bull. He is to sprinkle it on the atonement seat and in front of the atonement seat. ¹⁶ He shall make atonement for the sanctuary to cleanse it from the uncleanness of the Israelites and from their rebellions and all their sins. This is what he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, which dwells in the midst of Israel’s uncleanness. ¹⁷ When he enters to make atonement in the sanctuary, no other person may be in the Tent of Meeting until he has come out. In this way he shall make atonement for himself and his household, as well as for the entire assembly of Israel.

⁶ Aaron shall present the bull for his own sin offering, to make atonement for himself and for his household.

⁷ He shall take the two male goats and stand them before the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. ⁸ Aaron is to cast lots for the two goats, one lot marked “for the Lord” and the other lot marked “for the scapegoat.”^{[a] 9} Aaron shall bring forward the goat that received the lot “for the Lord,” to prepare it as a sin offering, ¹⁰ but the goat that received the lot marked “for the scapegoat” is to be kept alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon it^[b] in order to send it off into the wilderness as the scapegoat.

¹¹ After Aaron has presented the bull for his sin offering to make atonement for himself and for his household, he shall slaughter the bull for his sin offering. ¹² Then he is to take a full pan of glowing coals from the top of the altar, which is before the Lord, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and bring them inside the veil. ¹³ He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord so that the cloud from the incense covers the atonement seat that is over the Testimony,^[c] so he will not die. ¹⁴ He is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger upon the surface of the atonement seat on its east side.^[d] He is also to sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger in front of the atonement seat.

¹⁵ He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering of the people. He is to bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he had done with the blood of the bull. He is to sprinkle it on the atonement seat and in front of the atonement seat. ¹⁶ He shall make atonement for the sanctuary to cleanse it from the uncleanness of the Israelites and from their rebellions and all their sins. This is what he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, which dwells in the midst of Israel’s uncleanness. ¹⁷ When he enters to make atonement in the sanctuary, no other person may be in the Tent of Meeting until he has come out. In this way he shall make atonement for himself and his household, as well as for the entire assembly of Israel.