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16 Furthermore, the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came before the LORD and died.

² And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron, your brother, so that he does not come just at any time into the Holy Place, within the Veil, before the Mercy Seat, which is upon the Ark. So that he does not die. For I will appear in the cloud, upon the Mercy Seat.

³ “After this manner shall Aaron come into the Holy Place: with a young bullock for a Sin Offering, and a ram for a Burnt Offering.

⁴ “He shall put on the Holy Linen Coat, and shall have linen trousers upon his flesh, and shall be wrapped with a linen girdle, and shall cover his head with a linen miter. These are the Holy Garments. Therefore, he shall wash his flesh in water when he puts them on.

⁵ “And he shall take two male goats from the Congregation of the children of Israel, for a Sin Offering, and a ram for a Burnt Offering.

⁶ “Then, Aaron shall offer the bullock for his Sin Offering, and make an atonement for himself and for his house.

⁷ “And he shall take the two male goats and present them before the LORD at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

⁸ “Then Aaron shall cast lots over the two male goats, one lot for the LORD and the other for the Scapegoat.

⁹ “And Aaron shall offer the goat, upon which the LORD’s lot shall fall, and shall make a Sin Offering.

¹⁰ “But the goat upon which the lot shall fall to be the Scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make reconciliation and to be let go (as a Scapegoat) into the wilderness.

¹¹ “Thus, Aaron shall offer the bullock for his Sin Offering, and make a reconciliation for himself and for his house and shall kill the bullock for his Sin Offering.

¹² “And he shall take a censer full of burning coals from off the Altar before the LORD. And with his hands full of sweet incense, finely beaten, he shall bring it within the Veil,

¹³ “and shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, so that the cloud of the incense may cover the Mercy Seat that is upon the Testimony. So, he shall not die.

¹⁴ “And he shall take from the blood of the bullock and sprinkle it with his finger upon the Mercy Seat, eastward. And he shall sprinkle the blood seven times with his finger, before the Mercy Seat.

¹⁵ “Then he shall kill the goat which is the people’s Sin Offering and bring its blood within the Veil and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the Mercy Seat, and before the Mercy Seat.

¹⁶ “So shall he purge the Holy Place from the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and from the trespasses of all their sins. So shall he also do for the Tabernacle of the Congregation placed with them, in the midst of their uncleanness.

¹⁷ “And there shall be no man in the Tabernacle of the Congregation when he goes in to make an atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out and has made an atonement for himself and for his household and for all the Congregation of Israel.

¹⁸ “Afterward, he shall go out to the Altar that is before the LORD and make a reconciliation upon it. And he shall take from the blood of the bullock, and from the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the Altar, all around.

¹⁹ “So shall he sprinkle the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

²⁰ “When he has finished purging the Holy Place, and the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the Altar, then he shall bring the live goat.

²¹ “And Aaron shall put 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 trespasses in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat. And he shall send him away (by the hand of a man appointed) into the wilderness.

²² “So, the goat shall bear all their iniquities upon him, into the land that is not inhabited. And he shall release the goat into the wilderness.

²³ “Afterward, Aaron shall come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation and take off the linen clothes, which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and leave them there.

²⁴ “He shall also wash his flesh with water in the Holy Place, and put on his own clothing, and come out, and make his Burnt Offering and the Burnt Offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.

²⁵ “Also, the fat of the Sin Offering shall he burn upon the Altar.

²⁶ “And he who carried forth the goat (the Scapegoat) shall wash his clothes and wash his flesh in water. And after that he shall come into the camp.

²⁷ “Also, someone shall carry the bullock for the Burnt Offering and the goat for the Sin Offering outside the camp (whose blood was brought to make a reconciliation in the Holy Place), to be burnt in the fire with their skins and with their flesh and with their dung.

²⁸ “And he who burns them shall wash his clothes, and wash his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

²⁹ “So, this shall be an Ordinance forever to you: the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble your souls and do no work at all, whether it is one of the same country or a stranger who sojourns among you.

³⁰ “For that day, the Priest shall make an atonement for you, to cleanse you. You shall be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

³¹ “This shall be a Sabbath of rest to you. And you shall humble your souls, by an Ordinance, forever.

³² “And the Priest whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate (to minister in his father’s place) shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes and holy vestments,

³³ “and shall purge the Holy Sanctuary and the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shall cleanse the Altar, and make an atonement for the Priests and for all the people of the Congregation.

³⁴ “And this shall be an everlasting Ordinance to you: to make an atonement for the children of Israel, for all their sins, once a year.” And as the LORD commanded Moses, he did.

17 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

² “Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, saying,

³ “Whoever of the House of Israel kills a bullock, or lamb, or goat inside the camp, or kills it outside of the camp,

⁴ “and does not bring it to the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation to offer an offering to the LORD before the Tabernacle of the LORD, blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood. Therefore, that man shall be cut off from among his people.

⁵ “Therefore, the children of Israel shall bring their offerings which they would have offered abroad in the field (via the Priest) and present them to the LORD at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and offer them for Peace Offerings to the LORD.

⁶ “Then the Priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the Altar of the LORD, before the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savor to the LORD.

⁷ “And no more shall they offer their offerings to demons, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be an Ordinance to them forever, in their generations.”’”

⁸ “Also, you shall say to them, ‘Whoever of the House of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, offers a Burnt Offering or Sacrifice,

⁹ ‘and does not bring it to the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation to offer it to the LORD, that man shall be cut off from his people.

¹⁰ ‘Likewise, whoever of the House of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, eats any blood, I will set My Face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

¹¹ ‘For the life of the flesh is in the blood. And I have given it to you to offer upon the Altar, to make an atonement for your souls. For this blood shall make an atonement for the soul.

¹² ‘Therefore, I said to the children of Israel, “None of you shall eat blood. Nor shall the stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.

¹³ “Moreover, whoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, takes by hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust.

¹⁴ “For the life of all flesh is its blood. It is as his life.” Therefore, I said to the children of Israel, “You shall eat the blood of no flesh. For the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.

¹⁵ “And every person who eats that which dies naturally or that which is torn by beasts, whether it be one of the same country or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes and wash himself in water and be unclean until the evening. Afterward he shall be clean.

¹⁶ “But if he washes neither them nor his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.”’”

18 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

² “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.

³ ‘You shall not do as they do in of the land of Egypt, wherein you dwelt. And you shall not do after the manner of the land of Canaan, where I will bring you, nor walk in their ordinances.

⁴ ‘Do after My Judgments. And keep My Ordinances, to walk therein. I am the LORD your God.

⁵ ‘Therefore, you shall keep My statutes and My judgments. Which, if a man does, he shall then live in them. I am the LORD.

⁶ ‘No one shall come near any of the kindred of his flesh, to uncover her nakedness. I am the LORD.

⁷ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

⁸ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.

⁹ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother. Whether she is born at home or born outside the home. You shall not uncover their nakedness.

¹⁰ ‘The nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, you shall not, I say, uncover their nakedness. For it is your nakedness.

¹¹ ‘The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of your father (she is your sister) you shalt not, I say, uncover her nakedness.

¹² ‘You shall not uncover the shame of your father’s sister. She is your father’s kinswoman.

¹³ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s kinswoman.

¹⁴ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not go in to his wife. She is your aunt.

¹⁵ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

¹⁶ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife. It is your brother’s nakedness.

¹⁷ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of the wife and of her daughter. Nor shall you take her son’s daughter, nor her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are kinsfolk. It is wickedness.

¹⁸ ‘Also, you shall not take a wife with her sister (during her life), to be her rival in uncovering her nakedness upon her.

¹⁹ ‘You shall not also go to a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is isolated for her impurity.

²⁰ ‘Moreover, you shall not give yourself to your neighbor’s wife by carnal copulation, to be defiled with her.

²¹ ‘Also, you shall not give your children as an offering to Molech. Nor shall you defile the Name of your God. I am the LORD.

²² ‘You shall not lie with the male as one lies with a woman. It is abomination.

²³ ‘Also, you shall not lie with any beast, to be defiled with it. Nor shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down with it. It is abomination.

²⁴ ‘You shall not defile yourselves in any of these things. For in all these the Nations are defiled, which I will cast out before you.

²⁵ ‘And the land is defiled. Therefore, I will visit its wickedness upon it, and the land shall vomit out her inhabitants.

²⁶ ‘Therefore, you shall keep My Ordinances and My Judgments and commit none of these abominations (he who is of the same country, as well as the stranger who sojourns among you).

²⁷ ‘For the men of the land have done all these abominations which were before you. And the land is defiled.

²⁸ ‘And shall not the land spew you out if you defile it, as it spewed out the people who were before you?

²⁹ ‘For whoever shall commit any of these abominations, the people that do shall be cut off from among their people.

³⁰ ‘Therefore, you shall keep My Ordinances, so that you do not do any of the abominable customs which have been done before you, and so that you do not defile yourselves therein. I am the LORD your God.’”