1-2. Two of Aaron's sons had already lost their lives for disobeying the Lord, so the Lord told Moses to say to Aaron:I, the Lord, appear in a cloud over the place of mercy on the sacred chest, which is behind the inside curtain of the sacred tent. And I warn you not to go there except at the proper time. Otherwise, you will die!
3. Before entering this most holy place, you must offer a bull as a sacrifice for your sins and a ram as a sacrifice to please me.
4. You will take a bath and put on the sacred linen clothes, including the underwear, the robe, the sash, and the turban.
5. Then the community of Israel will bring you a ram and two goats, both of them males. The goats are to be used as sacrifices for sin, and the ram is to be used as a sacrifice to please me.
6. Aaron, you must offer the bull as a sacrifice of forgiveness for your own sins and for the sins of your family.
7. Then you will lead the two goats into my presence at the front of the sacred tent,
8. where I will show you which goat will be sacrificed to me and which one will be sent into the desert to the demon Azazel.
9. After you offer the first goat as a sacrifice for sin,
10. the other one must be presented to me alive, before you send it into the desert to take away the sins of the people.