(1) GOD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they drew too close to GOD’s presence. (2) GOD said to Moses:
Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come at will into the Shrine behind the curtain, in front of the cover that is upon the ark, lest he die; for I appear in the cloud over the cover. (3) Thus only shall Aaron enter the Shrine: with a bull of the herd for a purgation offering and a ram for a burnt offering.— (4) He shall be dressed in a sacral linen tunic, with linen breeches next to his flesh, and be girt with a linen sash, and he shall wear a linen turban. They are sacral vestments; he shall bathe in water and then put them on.— (5) And from the Israelite community he shall take two he-goats for a purgation offering and a ram for a burnt offering. (6) Aaron is to offer his own bull of purgation offering, to make expiation for himself and for his household.

(7) Aaron shall take the two he-goats and let them stand before GOD at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting; (8) and he shall place lots upon the two goats, one marked for GOD and the other marked for Azazel. (9) Aaron shall bring forward the goat designated by lot for GOD, which he is to offer as a purgation offering; (10) while the goat designated by lot for Azazel shall be left standing alive before GOD, to make expiation with it and to send it off to the wilderness for Azazel. (11) Aaron shall then offer his bull of purgation offering, to make expiation for himself and his household. He shall slaughter his bull of purgation offering,

(12) and he shall take a panful of glowing coals scooped from the altar before GOD, and two handfuls of finely ground aromatic incense, and bring this behind the curtain. (13) He shall put the incense on the fire before GOD, so that the cloud from the incense screens the cover that is over [the Ark of] the Pact, lest he die. (14) He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger over the cover on the east side; and in front of the cover he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times. (15) He shall then slaughter the people’s goat of purgation offering, bring its blood behind the curtain, and do with its blood as he has done with the blood of the bull: he shall sprinkle it over the cover and in front of the cover. (16) Thus he shall purge the Shrine of the impurity and transgression of the Israelites, whatever their sins; and he shall do the same for the Tent of Meeting, which abides with them in the midst of their impurity. (17) When he goes in to make expiation in the Shrine, nobody else shall be in the Tent of Meeting until he comes out.
When he has made expiation for himself and his household, and for the whole congregation of Israel,

(18) he shall go out to the altar that is before GOD and purge it: he shall take some of the blood of the bull and of the goat and apply it to each of the horns of the altar; (19) and the rest of the blood he shall sprinkle on it with his finger seven times. Thus he shall purify it of the defilement of the Israelites and consecrate it. (20) When he has finished purging the Shrine, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, the live goat shall be brought forward. (21) Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and transgressions of the Israelites, whatever their sins, putting them on the head of the goat; and it shall be sent off to the wilderness through a designated agent. (22) Thus the goat shall carry on it all their iniquities to an inaccessible region; and the goat shall be set free in the wilderness. (23) And Aaron shall go into the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen vestments that he put on when he entered the Shrine, and leave them there. (24) He shall bathe in water in the holy precinct and put on his vestments; then he shall come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, making expiation for himself and for the people.

(25) The fat of the purgation offering he shall turn into smoke on the altar. (26) The one who set the Azazel-goat free shall wash their clothes and bathe in water—and after that may reenter the camp. (27) The bull of purgation offering and the goat of purgation offering whose blood was brought in to purge the Shrine shall be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung shall be consumed in fire. (28) The one who burned them shall wash their clothes and bathe in water—and after that may re-enter the camp. (29) And this shall be to you a law for all time: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall practice self-denial; and you shall do no manner of work, neither the citizen nor the alien who resides among you. (30) For on this day atonement shall be made for you to purify you of all your sins; you shall be pure before GOD.

(31) It shall be a sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall practice self-denial; it is a law for all time. (32) The priest who has been anointed and ordained to serve as priest in place of his father shall make expiation. He shall put on the linen vestments, the sacral vestments. (33) He shall purge the innermost Shrine; he shall purge the Tent of Meeting and the altar; and he shall make expiation for the priests and for all the people of the congregation. (34) This shall be to you a law for all time: to make atonement for the Israelites for all their sins once a year.
And Moses did as GOD had commanded him.

(1) GOD spoke to Moses, saying: (2) Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelite people and say to them:
This is what GOD has commanded: (3) Regarding anyone of the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or sheep or goat in the camp, or does so outside the camp, (4) and does not bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to GOD, before GOD’s Tabernacle: bloodguilt shall be imputed to them; having shed blood, that person shall be cut off from among their people. (5) This is in order that the Israelites may bring the sacrifices that they have been making in the open—that they may bring them before GOD, to the priest, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and offer them as sacrifices of well-being to GOD; (6) that the priest may dash the blood against the altar of GOD at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and turn the fat into smoke as a pleasing odor to GOD; (7) and that they may offer their sacrifices no more to the goat-demons after whom they stray. This shall be to them a law for all time, throughout the ages.

(5) This is in order that the Israelites may bring the sacrifices that they have been making in the open—that they may bring them before GOD, to the priest, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and offer them as sacrifices of well-being to GOD; (6) that the priest may dash the blood against the altar of GOD at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and turn the fat into smoke as a pleasing odor to GOD; (7) and that they may offer their sacrifices no more to the goat-demons after whom they stray. This shall be to them a law for all time, throughout the ages.

(7)To Me, O Israelites, you areJust like the Cushites—declares GOD.
True, I brought Israel upFrom the land of Egypt,But also the Philistines from CaphtorAnd the Arameans from Kir.(8)Behold, my Sovereign GOD is keeping an eye
On the sinful kingdom:I will wipe it offThe face of the earth!But, I will not wholly wipe outThe House of Jacob—declares GOD. (9)For I will give the orderAnd shake the House of Israel—Through all the nations—As one shakes [sand] in a sieve,And not a pebble falls to the ground.(10)All the sinners of My peopleShall perish by the sword,Who boast,“Never shall the evilOvertake us or come near us.”(11)In that day,I will set up again the fallen booth of David:I will mend its breaches and set up its ruins anew.I will build it firm as in the days of old,(12)So that they shall possess the rest of EdomAnd all the nations once attached to My name
—declares GOD who will bring this to pass.(13)A time is coming—declares GOD—
When the plower shall meet the reaper,And the treader of grapesThe one who holds the [bag of] seed;When the mountains shall drip wineAnd all the hills shall wave [with grain].(14)I will restore My people Israel.They shall rebuild ruined cities and inhabit them;They shall plant vineyards and drink their wine;They shall till gardens and eat their fruits.(15)And I will plant them upon their soil,Nevermore to be uprootedFrom the soil I have given them—said the ETERNAL your God.

(2) And the word of GOD came to me: (3) O mortal, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live, I will not respond to your inquiry—declares the Sovereign GOD. (4) Arraign, arraign them, O mortal! Declare to them the abhorrent deeds of their ancestors. (5) Say to them: Thus said the Sovereign GOD:
On the day that I chose Israel, I gave My oath to the stock of the House of Jacob; when I made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I gave my oath to them. When I said, “I the ETERNAL am your God,” (6) that same day I swore to them to take them out of the land of Egypt into a land flowing with milk and honey, a land that I had sought out for them, the fairest of all lands. (7) I also said to them: Cast away, every one of you, the detestable things that you are drawn to, and do not defile yourselves with the fetishes of Egypt—I the ETERNAL am your God. (8) But they defied Me and refused to listen to Me. They did not cast away the detestable things they were drawn to, nor did they give up the fetishes of Egypt. Then I resolved to pour out My fury upon them, to vent all My anger upon them there, in the land of Egypt. (9) But I acted for the sake of My name, that it might not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they were. For it was before their eyes that I had made Myself known to Israel to bring them out of the land of Egypt. (10) I brought them out of the land of Egypt and I led them into the wilderness. (11) I gave them My laws and taught them My rules, by the pursuit of which humans shall live. (12) Moreover, I gave them My sabbaths to serve as a sign between Me and them, that they might know that it is I, GOD, who sanctify them. (13) But the House of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not follow My laws and they rejected My rules—by the pursuit of which humans shall live—and they grossly desecrated My sabbaths. Then I thought to pour out My fury upon them in the wilderness and to make an end of them; (14) but I acted for the sake of My name, that it might not be profaned in the sight of the nations before whose eyes I had led them out. (15) However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the fairest of all lands, that I had assigned [to them], (16) for they had rejected My rules, disobeyed My laws, and desecrated My sabbaths; their hearts followed after their fetishes. (17) But I had pity on them and did not destroy them; I did not make an end of them in the wilderness. (18) I warned their children in the wilderness: Do not follow the practices of your ancestors, do not keep their ways, and do not defile yourselves with their fetishes. (19) I the ETERNAL One am your God: Follow My laws and be careful to observe My rules. (20) And hallow My sabbaths, that they may be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I the ETERNAL One am your God.

(1) The word of GOD came to me: (2) Further, O mortal, arraign, arraign the city of bloodshed; declare to her all her abhorrent deeds! (3) Say: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: O city in whose midst blood is shed, so that your hour is approaching; within which fetishes are made, so that you have become impure! (4) You stand guilty of the blood you have shed, defiled by the fetishes you have made. You have brought on your day; you have reached your year. Therefore I will make you the mockery of the nations and the scorn of all the lands. (5) Both the near and the far shall scorn you, O besmirched of name, O laden with iniquity! (6) Every one of the princes of Israel in your midst used his strength for the shedding of blood. (7) Fathers and mothers have been humiliated within you; strangers have been cheated in your midst; orphans and widows have been wronged within you. (8) You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths. (9) Base men in your midst were intent on shedding blood; in you they have eaten on the mountains; and they have practiced depravity in your midst. (10) In you they have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have violated women during their menstrual impurity. (11) They have committed abhorrent acts with other men’s wives; in their depravity they have defiled their own daughters-in-law; in you they have violated their own sisters, daughters of their fathers. (12) They have taken bribes within you to shed blood. You have taken advance and accrued interest; you have defrauded your fellow [Israelites] to your profit. You have forgotten Me—declares the Sovereign GOD. (13) Lo, I will strike My hands over the ill-gotten gains that you have amassed, and over the bloodshed that has been committed in your midst. (14) Will your courage endure, will your hands remain firm in the days when I deal with you? I, GOD, have spoken and I will act. (15) I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the lands; I will consume the impurity out of you. (16) You shall be dishonored in the sight of nations, and you shall know that I am GOD.