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Leviticus 16:23-34 New International Version (NIV)

23. “Then Aaron is to go into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments he put on before he entered the Most Holy Place, and he is to leave them there.

24. He shall bathe himself with water in the sanctuary area and put on his regular garments. Then he shall come out and sacrifice the burnt offering for himself and the burnt offering for the people, to make atonement for himself and for the people.

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

26. “The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.

27. The bull and the goat for the sin offerings, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; their hides, flesh and intestines are to be burned up.

28. The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.

29. “This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work—whether native-born or a foreigner residing among you—

30. because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.

31. It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.

32. The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest is to make atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen garments

33. and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, for the tent of meeting and the altar, and for the priests and all the members of the community.

34. “This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites.” And it was done, as the Lord commanded Moses.