18. Then he will go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on the horns on all sides of the altar.
19. He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse and set it apart from the Israelites’ impurities.
20. “When he has finished purifying the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat.
21. Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the Israelites’ wrongdoings and rebellious acts — all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the man appointed for the task.
22. The goat will carry on it all their wrongdoings into a desolate land, and he will release it there.
23. “Then Aaron is to enter the tent of meeting, take off the linen garments he wore when he entered the most holy place, and leave them there.
24. He will bathe his body with water in a holy place and put on his clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering; he will make atonement for himself and for the people.
25. He is to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
26. The man who released the goat for azazel is to wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.