Leviticus 16:1-3

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The Day of Atonement

16 Two of Aaron’s sons died while offering incense to the Lord.^[a] After that time, the Lord spoke to Moses. ² The Lord said, “Talk to your brother Aaron. Tell him that he cannot go behind the curtain into the Most Holy Place anytime he wants to. The mercy-cover is in the room behind that curtain on top of the Holy Box, and I appear in a cloud over that mercy-cover. If Aaron goes into that room, he will die!

³ “Before Aaron enters the Most Holy Place, he will offer a bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.