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"Then Aaron must kill the goat of the sin offering for the people and bring its blood into the room behind the curtain. He must do with the goat's blood as he did with the bull's blood, sprinkling it on the lid and in front of the lid.

Because the people of Israel have been unclean, Aaron will perform the acts to make the Most Holy Place ready for service to the Lord . Then it will be clean from the sins and crimes of the Israelites. He must also do this for the Meeting Tent, because it stays in the middle of unclean people.

When Aaron makes the Most Holy Place ready for service to the Lord , no one is allowed in the Meeting Tent until he comes out. So Aaron will perform the acts to remove sins from himself, his family, and all the people of Israel, so they will belong to the Lord .

Afterward he will go out to the altar that is before the Lord and will make it ready for service to the Lord . Aaron will take some of the bull's blood and some of the goat's blood and put it on the corners of the altar on all sides.

Then, with his finger, he will sprinkle some of the blood on the altar seven times to make the altar holy for the Lord and clean from all the sins of the Israelites.

"When Aaron has finished making the Most Holy Place, the Meeting Tent, and the altar ready for service to the Lord , he will offer the living goat.

He will bathe his body in water in a holy place and put on his regular clothes. Then he will come out and offer the whole burnt offering for himself and for the people, to remove sins from himself and the people so they will belong to the Lord .

"The bull and the goat for the sin offerings, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make it ready for service to the Lord , must be taken outside the camp; the animals' skins, bodies, and intestines will be burned in the fire.

"This law will always continue for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you must deny yourself and you must not do any work. The travelers or foreigners living with you must not work either.

This is a very important day of rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. This law will continue forever.

"The priest appointed to take his father's place, on whom the oil was poured, will perform the acts for making things ready for service to the Lord . He must put on the holy linen clothes

and make the Most Holy Place, the Meeting Tent, and the altar ready for service to the Lord . He must also remove the sins of the priests and all the people of Israel so they will belong to the Lord .

That law for removing the sins of the Israelites so they will belong to the Lord will continue forever. You will do these things once a year." So they did the things the Lord had commanded Moses.

They must not offer any more sacrifices to their goat idols, which they have chased like prostitutes. These rules will continue for people from now on.'

This is because the life of the body is in the blood, and I have given you rules for pouring that blood on the altar to remove your sins so you will belong to the Lord . It is the blood that removes the sins, because it is life.

The land has become unclean, and I punished it for its sins, so the land is throwing out those people who live there.

"‘You must obey my laws and rules, and you must not do any of these hateful sins. These rules are for the citizens of Israel and for the people who live with you.

"‘Do not worship idols or make statues or gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

Don't pick all the grapes in your vineyards, and don't pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. You must leave those things for poor people and for people traveling through your country. I am the Lord your God.

The priest will offer the sheep as a penalty offering before the Lord for the man's sin, to remove the sins of the man so he will belong to the Lord . Then he will be forgiven for his sin.