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When Aaron has finished performing the ritual to purify the Most Holy Place, the rest of the Tent of the Lord 's presence, and the altar, he shall present to the Lord the live goat chosen for Azazel.

He shall burn on the altar the fat of the animal for the sin offering.

The bull and the goat used for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to take away sin, shall be carried outside the camp and burned. Skin, meat, and intestines shall all be burned.

The following regulations are to be observed for all time to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month the Israelites and the foreigners living among them must fast and must not do any work.

That day is to be a very holy day, one on which they fast and do no work at all. These regulations are to be observed for all time to come.

These regulations are to be observed for all time to come. This ritual must be performed once a year to purify the people of Israel from all their sins. So Moses did as the Lord had commanded.

The people of Israel must no longer be unfaithful to the Lord by killing their animals in the fields as sacrifices to the goat demons. The people of Israel must keep this regulation for all time to come.

Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these acts, for that is how the pagans made themselves unclean, those pagans who lived in the land before you and whom the Lord is driving out so that you can go in.

"When you kill an animal for a fellowship offering, keep the regulations that I have given you, and I will accept the offering.

Do not go back through your vineyard to gather the grapes that were missed or to pick up the grapes that have fallen; leave them for poor people and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.

"Do not rob or take advantage of anyone. Do not hold back the wages of someone you have hired, not even for one night.

Do not spread lies about anyone, and when someone is on trial for his life, speak out if your testimony can help him. I am the Lord .

"If a slave woman is the recognized concubine of a man and she has not been paid for and freed, then if another man has sexual relations with her, they will be punished, but not put to death, since she is a slave.

"When you come into the land of Canaan and plant any kind of fruit tree, consider the fruit ritually unclean for the first three years. During that time you must not eat it.

or tattoo yourselves or cut gashes in your body to mourn for the dead. I am the Lord .

"Do not go for advice to people who consult the spirits of the dead. If you do, you will be ritually unclean. I am the Lord your God.

"Show respect for old people and honor them. Reverently obey me; I am the Lord .

"If any of you go for advice to people who consult the spirits of the dead, I will turn against you and will no longer consider you one of my people.

The Lord gave the following regulations. Any of you that curse your father or mother shall be put to death; you are responsible for your own death.

A man who has intercourse with one of his father's wives disgraces his father, and both he and the woman shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.