The centre of the book, and the one day of the year the high priest goes inside the veil. He does it in plain linen — none of the gold, gemstones or bells of Exodus 28 — and he bathes going in and coming out. Two goats are brought and lots are cast: one for the LORD, one for Azazel, a word that occurs four times in the Bible and all four are in this chapter. Our four translations make three different decisions about it. The first goat’s blood is taken inside and applied to the furniture; over the second the priest lays both hands, confesses all the iniquities of Israel aloud, and sends it into a land cut off from where people are. And the day binds everyone, native-born and stranger alike: afflict yourselves, and do no work.