Leviticus Chapter 16

Leviticus Chapter 16
1 Furthermore the Lord spake unto
Moses, after the death of the two sons of
Aaron, when they came to offer before
the Lord, and died: 2 And the Lord 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.
3 After this sort shall Aaron come into
the holy place: even 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 breeches upon his flesh,
and shall be girded with a linen girdle,
and shall cover his head with a linen
miter: these are the holy garments:
therefore shall he wash his flesh in
water, when he doth put them on.
5 And he shall take of the congregation
of the children of Israel, two he goats 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 he 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 he 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 make
him a sin offering.
10 But the goat, on which the lot shall
fall to be the scapegoat, shall be
presented alive before the Lord, to make
reconciliation by him, and to let him 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 his handful of sweet
incense beaten small, and bring it within
the veil,
13 And shall put the incense upon the
fire before the Lord, 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 of the blood of the
bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger
upon the mercy seat eastward: and
before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle
of the blood with his finger seven times.
15 Then shall he kill the goat that is the
people’s sin offering, and bring his
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 he
shall purge the holy place from the
uncleanness of the children of Israel, and
from their trespasses of all their sins: so
shall he do also 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
goeth in to make an atonement in the holy
place, until he come out, and have made
an atonement for himself, and for his
household, and for all the congregation
of Israel.
18 After, he shall go out unto the altar
that is before the Lord and make a
reconciliation upon 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: 19 So
shall he sprinkle of 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 hath
made an end of 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 shall send
him away (by the hand of a man
appointed) into the wilderness. 22 So
the goat shall bear upon him all their
iniquities into the land that is not
inhabited, and he shall let the goat go
into the wilderness.
23 After, Aaron shall come into the
tabernacle of the congregation, and put
off the linen clothes, which he put on
when he went into the holy place, and
leave them there.
24 He shall wash also his flesh with
water in the holy place, and put on his
own raiment, 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 that carried forth the
goat, called the scapegoat, shall wash
his clothes, and wash his flesh in water,
and after that shall come into the host. 27
Also the bullock for the sin offering, and
the goat for the sin offering (whose
blood was brought to make a
reconciliation in the holy place) shall
one carry out without the host to be
burned in the fire, with their skins, and
with their flesh, and with their dung.
28 And he that burneth them shall wash
his clothes, and wash his flesh in water,
and afterward come into the host.
29 So this shall be an ordinance forever
unto you: the tenth day of the seventh
month, ye shall humble your souls, and
do no work at all, whether it be one of
the same country or a stranger that
sojourneth among you. 30 For that day
shall the priest make an atonement for
you to cleanse you: ye shall be clean
from all your sins before the Lord.
31 This shall be a Sabbath of rest unto
you, and ye 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 stead) 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 unto 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.