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Leviticus 16:6-13 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

6. Then he will offer the bull for the sin offering. This sin offering is for himself. He will do this to purify himself and his family.

7. “Then Aaron will take the two goats and bring them before the Lord at the doorway of the Meeting Tent.

8. Aaron will throw lots for the two goats. One lot will be for the Lord. The other lot will be for Azazel.

9. “Then Aaron will offer the goat chosen by the lot for the Lord. Aaron will make this goat a sin offering.

10. But the goat chosen by the lot for Azazel will be brought alive before the Lord. Then this goat will be sent out to Azazel in the desert. This is to make the people pure.

11. “Then Aaron will offer the bull as a sin offering for himself. He will purify himself and his family. He will kill the bull for the sin offering for himself.

12. Then he will take a firepan full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord. Aaron will take two handfuls of sweet incense that has been ground into powder and take it into the room behind the curtain.

13. He will put the incense on the fire before the Lord. Then the cloud of incense will hide the mercy-cover that is over the Box that holds the Agreement. This way Aaron will not die.

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