⁵ From the Israelite community^(A) he is to take two male goats^(B) for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

⁷ Then he is to take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ⁸ He is to cast lots^(A) for the two goats—one lot for the Lord and the other for the scapegoat.^{[a](B) 9} Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the Lord and sacrifice it for a sin offering. ¹⁰ But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord to be used for making atonement^(C) by sending it into the wilderness as a scapegoat.

²⁶ “The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat^(A) must wash his clothes^(B) and bathe himself with water;^(C) afterward he may come into the camp.