1. The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before the Lord, and died;
2. and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
3. “Aaron shall come into the sanctuary with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
4. He shall put on the holy linen tunic. He shall have the linen trousers on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall be clothed with the linen turban. They are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water, and put them on.
5. He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
6. “Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.
7. He shall take the two goats, and set them before the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
8. Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
9. Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord, and offer him for a sin offering.
10. But the goat on which the lot fell for the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make atonement for him, to send him away as the scapegoat into the wilderness.
11. “Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.
12. He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil.
13. He shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the covenant, so that he will not 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; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.