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Let no man be in the tabernacle when the high priest goeth into the sanctuary, to pray for himself and his house, and for the whole congregation of Israel, until he come out.

And sprinkling with his finger seven times, let him expiate, and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

And putting both hands upon his head, let him confess all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their offences and sins. And praying that they may light on its head, he shall turn him out by a man ready for it, into the desert.

He shall wash his flesh in the holy place, and shall put on his own garments. And after that he is come out and hath offered his own holocaust, and that of the people, he shall pray both for himself, and for the people.

But he that hath let go the emissary goat, shall wash his clothes, and his body with water, and so shall enter into the camp.

And whosoever burneth them shall wash his clothes, and flesh with water: and so shall enter into the camp.

And the priest that is anointed, and whose hands are consecrated to do the office of the priesthood in his father’s stead, shall make atonement. And he shall be vested with the linen robe and the holy vestments.

Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, saying to them: This is the word, which the Lord hath commanded, saying:

And offer it not at the door of the tabernacle an oblation to the Lord, shall be guilty of blood. As if he had shed blood, so shall he perish from the midst of his people.

And bringeth it not to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be offered to the Lord, shall perish from among his people.

If any man whosoever of the house of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among them, eat blood, I will set my face against his soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

The soul that eateth that which died of itself, or has been caught by a beast, whether he be one of your own country or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and himself with water, and shall be defiled until the evening: and in this manner he shall be made clean.

But if he do not wash his clothes, and his body, he shall bear his iniquity.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother: neither shalt thou approach to his wife, who is joined to thee by affinity.

Every soul that shall commit any of these abominations, shall perish from the midst of his people.

Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

And shall bear his iniquity, because he hath defiled the holy thing of the Lord. And that soul shall perish from among his people.

You shall not steal. You shall not lie: neither shall any man deceive his neighbour.

And for his trespass he shall offer a ram to the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

And the priest shall pray for him: and for his sin before the Lord: and he shall have mercy on him, and the sin shall be forgiven.