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Leviticus 16:5-15 New King James Version (NKJV)

5. And he shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats as a sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering.

6. “Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.

7. He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

8. Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat.

9. And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord’s lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering.

10. But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness.

11. “And Aaron shall bring the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull as the sin offering which is for himself.

12. Then he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, with his hands full of sweet incense beaten fine, and bring it inside the veil.

13. And he shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the Testimony, lest he die.

14. He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

15. “Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.

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