² The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he chooses^(A) into the Most Holy Place^(B) behind the curtain^(C) in front of the atonement cover^(D) on the ark, or else he will die. For I will appear^(E) in the cloud^(F) over the atonement cover.

¹³ He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover^(A) above the tablets of the covenant law, so that he will not die.^{(B) 14} He is to take some of the bull’s blood^(C) and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the atonement cover; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the atonement cover.^(D)

¹⁵ “He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people^(E) and take its blood behind the curtain^(F) and do with it as he did with the bull’s blood: He shall sprinkle^(G) it on the atonement cover and in front of it.