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Leviticus 16:24-33 Good News Bible (GNB)

24. He must bathe in a holy place and put on his own clothes. After that, he shall go out and offer the burnt offering to remove his own sins and those of the people.

25. He shall burn on the altar the fat of the animal for the sin offering.

26. The man who drove the goat into the desert to Azazel must wash his clothes and have a bath before he comes back into camp.

27. The bull and the goat used for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to take away sin, shall be carried outside the camp and burnt. Skin, meat, and intestines shall all be burnt.

28. The one who burns them must wash his clothes and have a bath before he returns to camp.

29. The following regulations are to be observed for all time to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month the Israelites and the foreigners living among them must fast and must not do any work.

30. On that day the ritual is to be performed to purify them from all their sins, so that they will be ritually clean.

31. That day is to be a very holy day, one on which they fast and do no work at all. These regulations are to be observed for all time to come.

32. The High Priest, properly ordained and consecrated to succeed his father, is to perform the ritual of purification. He shall put on the priestly garments

33. and perform the ritual to purify the Most Holy Place, the rest of the Tent of the Lord's presence, the altar, the priests, and all the people of the community.