1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Leviticus 9:15 Then offering for the sin of the people, he slew the he-goat: and expiating the altar,

And expiating the altar. Hebrew, "he offered it (the goat) for sin, as the first," for himself, placing the parts of the victim upon his own holocaust. (Haydock) --- The Chaldean says, "he expiated the altar with the blood of the he-goat, as he did before."