Leviticus 16:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ Because the ·people [^Lsons; children] of Israel have been unclean [^Cin a ritual sense], Aaron will ·perform the acts to make the Most Holy Place ready for service to the Lord [^Lmake atonement for the sanctuary]. Then it will be clean from the sins and crimes of the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel]. He must also do this for the Meeting Tent, because it stays in the middle of unclean people. ¹⁷ When Aaron makes ·the Most Holy Place ready for service to the Lord [^Latonement for the sanctuary], no one is allowed in the Meeting Tent until he comes out. So Aaron will ·perform the acts to remove sins from [make atonement for] himself, his family, and all the ·people [assembly; crowd] of Israel, so they will belong to the Lord. ¹⁸ Afterward he will go out to the altar that is before the Lord and ·will make it ready for service to the Lord [make atonement for it]. Aaron will take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on the ·corners [horns; Ex. 27:2] of the altar on all sides.