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Leviticus 16:9-16

Leviticus 16:9-16 EASY

Aaron must take the goat that the stone showed is for the LORD. He must kill it as a sin offering. But he must bring the other goat in front of the LORD while it is alive. He will send it away to escape into the desert. In that way, it will take away the sins of the people and it will make them clean. Aaron must offer the bull which is for a sin offering. This will make him clean from his own sins. It will also make the people in his house clean from their sins. He must take a pot of hot coals that burn on the altar in front of the LORD. He must fill both his hands with incense that has a sweet smell. He must take the hot coals and the incense with him behind the curtain. Then he must put the incense onto the hot coals in front of the LORD. The smoke from the incense will rise up over the lid of the Covenant Box. If he does this, he will not die. Then he must take the blood from the bull. He must use his finger to splash blood onto the lid of the Covenant Box. He must also splash some blood seven times with his finger in front of the Covenant Box. Aaron must then kill the goat which is the sin offering for the people. He must take the goat's blood behind the curtain. He must use it in the same way that he used the bull's blood. He must shake it on the lid of the Covenant Box and in front of the Covenant Box. In this way Aaron will make the Most Holy Place clean. He must do this because of the sins of Israel's people that make them unclean. He must do the same thing for the whole Tent of Meeting to make it clean. The tent stands among Israel's people who are unclean.