20. “When he finishes making peace with the Lord at the holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he will bring the living goat forward.
21. Aaron will place both hands on its head. He will confess over it all the sins, all the rebellious acts, and all the things the Israelites did wrong. He will transfer them to the goat’s head. A man will be appointed to release the goat in the desert.
22. The goat will take all their sins away to a deserted place. The man must release the goat in the desert.
23. “Then Aaron will go to the tent of meeting, take off the linen clothes he had put on to go into the holy place, and leave them there.
24. He will wash his body in the holy place and put on his other clothes. Then he will come out and sacrifice the burnt offering for himself and for the people to make peace with the Lord for his own sins and the sins of the people.
25. He will burn the fat of the offering for sin on the altar.
26. “The man who released the goat to Azazel must wash his clothes and his body. Then he may return to the camp.
27. He must take the bull and the goat outside the camp. These animals were the offering for sin whose blood was brought into the holy place to make peace with the Lord for sins. The skin, meat, and excrement from the animals must be burned.
28. Whoever burns them must wash his clothes and his body. Then he may return to the camp.
29. “This will be a permanent law for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month both native Israelites and foreigners must humble themselves. They must do no work.
30. On this day Aaron will make peace with the Lord to make you clean. Then you will be clean from all your sins in the Lord’s presence.
31. This is the most important worship festival there is for you. You will humble yourselves. It is a permanent law.
32. The priest who is anointed and ordained to serve as chief priest in his father’s place will pay for sins. He will put on the holy linen clothes