20. After you have purified the most holy place, the sacred tent, and the bronze altar, you must bring the live goat to the front of the tent.
21. There you will lay your hands on its head, while confessing every sin the people have committed, and you will appoint someone to lead the goat into the desert, so that it can take away their sins.
22. Finally, this goat that carries the heavy burden of Israel's sins must be released deep in the desert.
23-24. Aaron, after this you must go inside the sacred tent, take a bath, put on your ordinary priestly clothes, and leave there the clothes you put on before entering the most holy place. Then you will come out and offer sacrifices to please me and sacrifices for your sins and for the sins of the people.
25. The fat from these sacrifices for sin must be sent up in smoke on the bronze altar.
26. The one who led the goat into the desert and sent it off to the demon Azazel must take a bath and wash his clothes before coming back into camp.