Leviticus 16:8   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

He is to cast lots for the two goats-one lot for the Lord and the other for the scapegoat.

Leviticus 16:9   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the Lord and sacrifice it for a sin offering.

Leviticus 16:10   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord to be used for making atonement by sending it into the wilderness as a scapegoat.

Leviticus 16:11   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

"Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household, and he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.

Leviticus 16:13   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover above the tablets of the covenant law, so that he will not die.

Leviticus 16:14   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

He is to take some of the bull's blood and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the atonement cover; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the atonement cover.

Leviticus 16:15   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

"He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did with the bull's blood: He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it.

Leviticus 16:16   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

In this way he will make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the same for the tent of meeting, which is among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

Leviticus 16:18   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

"Then he shall come out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He shall take some of the bull's blood and some of the goat's blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.

Leviticus 16:19   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and to consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

Leviticus 16:20   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

"When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat.

Leviticus 16:21   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites-all their sins-and put them on the goat's head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task.

Leviticus 16:22   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.

Leviticus 16:24   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

He shall bathe himself with water in the sanctuary area and put on his regular garments. Then he shall come out and sacrifice the burnt offering for himself and the burnt offering for the people, to make atonement for himself and for the people.

Leviticus 16:25   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

He shall also burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.

Leviticus 16:26   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

"The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.

Leviticus 16:27   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

The bull and the goat for the sin offerings, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; their hides, flesh and intestines are to be burned up.

Leviticus 16:29   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

"This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work-whether native-born or a foreigner residing among you-

Leviticus 16:30   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.

Leviticus 16:31   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.

Leviticus 16:32   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest is to make atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen garments

Leviticus 16:34   (Read all of Leviticus 16)

"This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites." And it was done, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Leviticus 17:1   (Read all of Leviticus 17)

The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 17:2   (Read all of Leviticus 17)

"Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: 'This is what the Lord has commanded: