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"Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it; he shall take some of the blood from the bull and some of the blood from the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar on all sides.

"When he finishes atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.

"And he shall bathe his body with water in a holy place and put on his clothes, and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

"This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work, whether the native, or the stranger who resides among you;

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

"It is to be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, so that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.

and make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar. He shall also make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.

"Now you shall have this as a permanent statute, to make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once every year." And just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so he did.

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

"For as for the life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, 'You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.'

"But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe his body, then he shall bear the responsibility for his guilt."

'As for the nakedness of your sister, either your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether born in the household or born outside the household, you shall not uncover their nakedness.

'The nakedness of your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for their nakedness is yours.

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

'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these things the nations which I am driving out from you have become defiled.

'For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has vomited out its inhabitants.

'But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the stranger who resides among you

(for the people of the land who were there before you did all these abominations, and the land has become defiled),

'For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people.

"Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.