2 The Lord said to Moses, "Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place 16:2 Heb 6:19 behind the curtain 16:2 Mk 15:38 in front of the mercy seat 16:2 Ex 31:7 on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud 16:2 Ex 16:10 above the mercy seat. 16:2 Nm 7:89; 16:42; 1Kg 8:10–12; Heb 9:5
12 Then he is to take a firepan full of blazing coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, 16:12 Nm 7:14 and bring them inside the curtain. 16:12 Mk 15:3813 He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloud 16:13 Ex 16:10 of incense covers the mercy seat that is over the testimony, 16:13 Ex 31:18 or else he will die. 16:13 Lv 10:1; Nm 16:46–48; Ps 141:2; Rv 8:3–514 He is to take some of the bull’s blood 16:14 Heb 9:22 and sprinkle it with his finger against the east side of the mercy seat; then he will sprinkle some of the blood with his finger before the mercy seat seven times. 16:14 Lv 4:6; Heb 9:4–5
15 "When he slaughters the male goat for the people’s sin offering and brings its blood inside the curtain, he will do the same with its blood as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.
34 This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement for the Israelites once a year 16:34 Heb 9:7 because of all their sins." And all this was done as the Lord commanded Moses.