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Leviticus 16:25-31 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

25. and also burn the fat of the purification offering on the altar.

26. The man who led away the goat for Azazel shall wash his garments and bathe his body in water; only then may he enter the camp.

27. The bull and the goat of the purification offering whose blood was brought to make atonement in the inner sanctuary, shall be taken outside the camp, where their hides and flesh and dung shall be burned in the fire.

28. The one who burns them shall wash his garments and bathe his body in water; only then may he enter the camp.

29. This shall be an everlasting statute for you: on the tenth day of the seventh month every one of you, whether a native or a resident alien, shall humble yourselves and shall do no work.

30. For on this day atonement is made for you to make you clean; of all your sins you will be cleansed before the Lord.

31. It shall be a sabbath of complete rest for you, on which you must humble yourselves—an everlasting statute.

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