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.
11. You must offer the bull as a sacrifice to ask forgiveness for your own sins and for the sins of your family.
12. Then you will take a fire pan of live coals from the bronze altar, together with two handfuls of finely ground incense, into the most holy place.
13. There you will present them to me by placing the incense on the coals, so that the place of mercy will be covered with a cloud of smoke. Do this, or you will die there!
14. Next, use a finger to sprinkle some of the blood on the place of mercy, which is on the lid of the sacred chest; then sprinkle blood seven times in front of the chest.
15. Aaron, you must next sacrifice the goat for the sins of the people, and you must sprinkle its blood inside the most holy place, just as you did with the blood of the bull.
16. By doing this, you will take away the sins that make both the most holy place and the people of Israel unclean. Do the same for the sacred tent, which is here among the people.
17. Only you are allowed in the sacred tent from the time you enter until the time you come out.
18. After leaving the tent, you will purify the bronze altar by smearing each of its four corners with some of the blood from the bull and from the goat.
19. Use a finger to sprinkle the altar seven times with the blood, and it will be completely clean from the sins of the people.
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.