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Then he shall go out to the altar which is before the LORD and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar round about.

"And when he has made an end of atoning for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat;

and he shall bathe his body in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

And the bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth outside the camp; their skin and their flesh and their dung shall be burned with fire.

"And it shall be a statute to you for ever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves, and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you;

for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before the LORD.

It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute for ever.

he shall make atonement for the sanctuary, 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.

And this shall be an everlasting statute for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins." And Moses did as the LORD commanded him.

and the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a pleasing odor to the LORD.

So they shall no more slay their sacrifices for satyrs, after whom they play the harlot. This shall be a statute for ever to them throughout their generations.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it for you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement, by reason of the life.

"For the life of every creature is the blood of it; therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter or of your daughter's daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near kinswoman.

"Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am casting out before you defiled themselves;

(for all of these abominations the men of the land did, who were before you, so that the land became defiled);

For whoever shall do any of these abominations, the persons that do them shall be cut off from among their people.

"Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy.

Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.