The Bible in Its Traditions

Leviticus 16:22–34

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22  And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land which is cut off; and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

Lv16:22  And the goat shall bear their unrighteousnesses upon him into a desert land; and Aaron shall send away the goat into the wilderness.

22  And when the goat has carried all their iniquities into a solitary land, and has been released into the desert,

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23  And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there.

23  Aaron shall return into the tabernacle of the testimony. And placing aside the vestments, which he had worn before when he entered into the Sanctuary, and leaving them there,

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24  And he shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place and put on his other vestments, and come forth, and offer his burnt- offering and the burnt-offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

Lv16:24  And he shall bathe his body in water in the holy place, and shall put on his raiment, and shall go out and offer the whole-burnt-offering for himself and the whole-burnt-offering for the people: and shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and for the people, as for the priests.

24  he shall wash his flesh in the holy place, and he shall be clothed in his own garments. And departing afterwards, he shall present his own holocaust and that of the people: he shall pray as much for himself as for the people.

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25  And the fat of the sin-offering shall he make smoke upon the altar.

Lv16:25  And he shall offer the fat for the sin-offering on the altar.

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26  And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

Lv16:26  And he that sends forth the goat that has been set apart to be let go, shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards shall enter into the camp.

26  Yet truly, he who has sent away the emissary goat shall wash his clothes and his body with water, and so he shall enter into the camp.

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27  And the bullock of the sin-offering, and the goat of the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.

27  But the calf and the he-goat, which were immolated for sin, and whose blood was brought into the Sanctuary to complete the expiation, these shall be carried outside the camp and be burned with fire: as with their skins, so also with their flesh and dung.

28  And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

28  And whoever will have burned them shall wash his clothes and flesh with water, and so he shall enter into the camp.

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29  And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you.

29  And this shall be to you an everlasting ordinance. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and you shall do no work, neither someone native born, nor the newcomer who sojourns among you.

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30  For on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before YHWH.

Lv16:30  For in this day he shall make an atonement for you, to cleanse you from all your sins before the Lord, and ye shall be purged.

30  On this day, there shall be atonement for you, and also a cleansing from all your sins. You shall be cleansed in the sight of the Lord.

31  It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

Lv16:31  This shall be to you a most holy sabbath, a rest, and ye shall humble your souls; it is a perpetual ordinance.

31  For it is a Sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls as a perpetual observance.

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32  And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.

Lv16:32  The priest whomsoever they shall anoint shall make atonement, and whomsoever they shall consecrate to exercise the priestly office after his father; and he shall put on the linen robe, the holy garment.

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33  And he shall make atonement for the most holy place, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.

33  And he shall expiate the Sanctuary and the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, likewise the priest and all the people.

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34  And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year.' And he did as YHWH commanded Moses.