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Leviticus 16:6-12 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

6. And when he has presented the calf, and has prayed for himself and for his own house,

7. he shall cause the two he-goats to stand in the sight of the Lord at the entrance to the tabernacle of the testimony.

8. And casting lots over them both, one is to be offered to the Lord, and the other is to be the emissary goat.

9. The one whose lot fell out to be offered to the Lord, he shall offer for sin.

10. But the one who is to be the emissary goat shall stand before the Lord, so that he may pour the prayers upon him, and may send him away into the wilderness.

11. After these things have been duly celebrated, he shall offer the calf, and praying for himself and for his own house, he shall immolate it.

12. And taking up the censer, which he has filled from the burning coals of the altar, and drawing up with his hands the aromatic compound for incense, he shall enter within the veil, into the holy place,

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