Sacrifice for the Day of Atonement

​Sacrifice for the Day of Atonement 

(God told Moses…)

“When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat (the scapegoat). 

He will lay both of his hands on the goat’s head, and confess over it, all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel. 

In this way, he will transfer the people’s sins to the head of the goat. 

Then, a man, who is specially chosen for the task, will drive the goat into the wilderness. As the goat goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people’s sins, upon itself, into a desolate land. 

“When Aaron goes back into the Tabernacle, he must take off the linen garments, which he was wearing, when he entered the Most Holy Place, …and he must leave the garments there. 

Then, he must bathe himself, with water, in a sacred place, …put on his regular garments, and go out to sacrifice a burnt offering, for himself, and a burnt offering, for the people. 

Through this process, he will purify himself and the people, making them right with the Lord. 

He must then burn all the fat, of the sin offering, on the altar. 

“The man chosen, to drive the scapegoat into the wilderness of Azazel, must wash his clothes and bathe himself, in water. 

Then, he may return to the camp. 

“The bull and the goat presented, as sin offerings, whose blood Aaron takes into the Most Holy Place, for the purification ceremony, will be carried outside the camp. 

The animals’ hides, internal organs, and dung, are all to be burned. 

The man, who burns them, must wash his clothes and bathe himself, in water, before returning to the camp. 

“On the tenth day, of the appointed month, in early autumn, you must deny yourselves. 

Neither native-born Israelites nor foreigners living among you …may do any kind of work. 

This is a permanent law for you. 

On that day, offerings of purification will be made for you, and you will be purified, in the Lord’s presence, from all your sins. 

It will be a Sabbath day, of complete rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. This is a permanent law for you. 

In future generations, the purification ceremony will be performed by the priest, who has been anointed and ordained to serve as high priest, in place of his ancestor Aaron. 

He will put on the holy linen garments, and purify the Most Holy Place, the Tabernacle, the altar, the priests, and the entire congregation. 

This is a permanent law for you, to purify the people of Israel, from their sins, making them right with the Lord, once each year.” 

Moses followed all these instructions, exactly as the Lord had commanded him. 

Leviticus 16:20–34 (NLT)

Praise be to God!


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