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God establishes Yom Kippur — the one day each year when the high priest enters the Most Holy Place to make atonement for the entire nation's sins.
After Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu die for offering unauthorized fire before God, the Lord gives Moses detailed instructions for the Day of Atonement. Once a year, the high priest enters behind the curtain with blood from a sacrifice to cleanse the people's sins. A second goat — the scapegoat — symbolically carries the nation's sins into the wilderness. It becomes the most solemn and important day on Israel's calendar.
Two of Aaron's sons bring fire God never asked for, and the consequences are immediate and devastating. What follows is one of the rawest portraits of grief in the entire Bible — a father who can't mourn, a family that has to keep serving, and a God whose holiness is not negotiable.
LeviticusThe Day the Slate Was Wiped CleanGod gives Moses the instructions for the most important day on Israel's calendar — the Day of Atonement. One priest, two goats, and a ceremony so precise that every detail points to one thing: sin has to go somewhere, and God made a way to send it away for good.
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