Holman Christian Standard Bible

Leviticus 16:3-12 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

3. “Aaron is to enter the most holy place in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

4. He is to wear a holy linen tunic, and linen undergarments are to be on his body. He must tie a linen sash around him and wrap his head with a linen turban. These are holy garments; he must bathe his body with water before he wears them.

5. He is to take from the Israelite community two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

6. “Aaron will present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.

7. Next he will take the two goats and place them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

8. After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other for azazel,

9. he is to present the goat chosen by lot for the Lord and sacrifice it as a sin offering.

10. But the goat chosen by lot for azazel is to be presented alive before the Lord to make purification with it by sending it into the wilderness for azazel.

11. “When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he will slaughter the bull for his sin offering.

12. Then he must take a firepan full of fiery coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring them inside the veil.