וְיָצָ֗א אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָ֖ה וְכִפֶּ֣ר עָלָ֑יו וְלָקַ֞ח מִדַּ֤ם הַפָּר֙ וּמִדַּ֣ם הַשָּׂעִ֔יר וְנָתַ֛ן עַל־קַרְנ֥וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ סָבִֽיב׃

This completes the Yom Kippur service in the Holy of Holies, but there are other rites that the High Priest must perform in the Sanctuary with the sin offerings. He shall go out of the Holy of Holies to the altar that is before the Lord, the golden, inner altar, and he shall atone for it, purify it of the people’s sins, in the following manner:

וְהִזָּ֨ה עָלָ֧יו מִן־הַדָּ֛ם בְּאֶצְבָּע֖וֹ שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֑ים וְטִהֲר֣וֹ וְקִדְּשׁ֔וֹ מִטֻּמְאֹ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

After placing the blood on the corners of the golden altar, he, the High Priest, shall sprinkle from the blood on it, the golden altar, with his finger seven times, and he shall purify it and sanctify it from the impurity of the children of Israel. Although this altar is generally used only for incense, the blood of certain uncommon sin offerings is sprinkled on it as well.

וְכִלָּה֙ מִכַּפֵּ֣ר אֶת־הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ וְאֶת־אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד וְאֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וְהִקְרִ֖יב אֶת־הַשָּׂעִ֥יר הֶחָֽי׃

He shall conclude atoning for the Sanctum, by means of the sacrificial rites he performs there, and for the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and he shall present the living goat, which is ready to be sent to the wilderness.

וְסָמַ֨ךְ אַהֲרֹ֜ן אֶת־שְׁתֵּ֣י ידו [יָדָ֗יו] עַ֨ל רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׂעִיר֮ הַחַי֒ וְהִתְוַדָּ֣ה עָלָ֗יו אֶת־כָּל־עֲוֺנֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֶת־כָּל־פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֖ם לְכָל־חַטֹּאתָ֑ם וְנָתַ֤ן אֹתָם֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׂעִ֔יר וְשִׁלַּ֛ח בְּיַד־אִ֥ישׁ עִתִּ֖י הַמִּדְבָּֽרָה׃

Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the living goat, and he shall confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, for all their sins; and he shall place those transgressions and sins upon the head of the goat, and he shall dispatch it in the hand of a designated man to the wilderness . Obviously, it is impossible for the High Priest to specify all the sins of the children of Israel; instead, he refers generally to the sins committed by the nation over the course of the year. The High Priest’s earlier confessions are made in a similar manner.

וְנָשָׂ֨א הַשָּׂעִ֥יר עָלָ֛יו אֶת־כָּל־עֲוֺנֹתָ֖ם אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ גְּזֵרָ֑ה וְשִׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־הַשָּׂעִ֖יר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

The goat shall bear upon it all their iniquities to a precipitous land, mountainous, uneven terrain, such as a rocky cliff; and he shall dispatch the goat into the wilderness. Alternatively, the verse can be understood as referring to a desolate land, bereft of all good qualities, and not necessarily to precipitous terrain.

וּבָ֤א אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וּפָשַׁט֙ אֶת־בִּגְדֵ֣י הַבָּ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָבַ֖שׁ בְּבֹא֣וֹ אֶל־הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וְהִנִּיחָ֖ם שָֽׁם׃

After confessing and sending the goat into the wilderness, Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting and remove the linen vestments that he donned with his entry into the Sanctum, and he shall leave them there. The Sages explain that these vestments may not be used again, but must be buried.

וְרָחַ֨ץ אֶת־בְּשָׂר֤וֹ בַמַּ֙יִם֙ בְּמָק֣וֹם קָד֔וֹשׁ וְלָבַ֖שׁ אֶת־בְּגָדָ֑יו וְיָצָ֗א וְעָשָׂ֤ה אֶת־עֹֽלָתוֹ֙ וְאֶת־עֹלַ֣ת הָעָ֔ם וְכִפֶּ֥ר בַּעֲד֖וֹ וּבְעַ֥ד הָעָֽם׃

He shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, in a ritual bath in the Temple compound, and don his vestments, the eight vestments generally worn by the High Priest to perform the Temple service, which are the four basic white garments and four additional special garments. And he shall emerge and perform his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and atone for himself and for the people.