1. After the death of Aaron’s two sons, which happened when they approached the Lord and died, the Lord spoke to Moses:
2. Tell your brother Aaron that he cannot come whenever he wants into the holy area inside the inner curtain, to the front of the cover that is on the chest, or else he will die, because I am present in the cloud above the cover.
3. No, but Aaron must enter the holy area as follows: with a bull from the herd as a purification offering and a ram as an entirely burned offering.
4. Aaron must dress in a holy linen tunic and wear linen undergarments on his body. He must tie a linen sash around himself and wrap a linen turban around his head. These are holy clothes—Aaron will first bathe his body in water and then put them on.
5. He will take from the Israelite community two male goats for a purification offering and one ram for an entirely burned offering.
6. Aaron will offer the bull as a purification offering to make reconciliation for himself and his household.