17 “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering(A) in the sanctuary area? It is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt(B) of the community by making atonement for them before the Lord. 18 Since its blood was not taken into the Holy Place,(C) you should have eaten the goat in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.(D)

19 Aaron replied to Moses, “Today they sacrificed their sin offering and their burnt offering(E) before the Lord, but such things as this have happened to me. Would the Lord have been pleased if I had eaten the sin offering today?”

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