Quoting%20commentary for Yoma 3:8

בָּא לוֹ אֵצֶל פָּרוֹ, וּפָרוֹ הָיָה עוֹמֵד בֵּין הָאוּלָם וְלַמִּזְבֵּחַ, רֹאשׁוֹ לַדָּרוֹם וּפָנָיו לַמַּעֲרָב, וְהַכֹּהֵן עוֹמֵד בַּמִּזְרָח וּפָנָיו לַמַּעֲרָב, וְסוֹמֵךְ שְׁתֵּי יָדָיו עָלָיו וּמִתְוַדֶּה. וְכָךְ הָיָה אוֹמֵר, אָנָּא הַשֵּׁם, עָוִיתִי פָּשַׁעְתִּי חָטָאתִי לְפָנֶיךָ אֲנִי וּבֵיתִי. אָנָּא הַשֵּׁם, כַּפֶּר נָא לָעֲוֹנוֹת וְלַפְּשָׁעִים וְלַחֲטָאִים, שֶׁעָוִיתִי וְשֶׁפָּשַׁעְתִּי וְשֶׁחָטָאתִי לְפָנֶיךָ אֲנִי וּבֵיתִי, כַּכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרַת משֶׁה עַבְדֶּךָ (ויקרא טז), כִּי בַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם לְטַהֵר אֶתְכֶם מִכֹּל חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם לִפְנֵי יְיָ תִּטְהָרוּ. וְהֵן עוֹנִין אַחֲרָיו, בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד:

He came to his bullock, which stood between the Ulam and the altar [The entire north of the azarah is kasher by (Torah) law for the bullock to stand in, all of it being called "before the L rd"; but they stood the bullock between the Ulam and the altar close to the sanctuary in consideration of the weakness of the high-priest, that he not have to exert himself to carry the sprinkling bowl far.], its head to the south and its face to the west. [By right, its head should have been towards the sanctuary on the west, and its back to the altar, but because it might evacuate (in which instance it is demeaning for its orifice to face the altar), it was placed with its head to the south and its tail to the north, this being more appropriate. The middle of its body was between the Ulam and the altar and its head was turned so that it faced west.] And the priest stands in the east [i.e., his back to the east] and his face to the west, and he places his two hands upon it and confesses. And thus did he say: "Ana Hashem" ("I beseech You, O L rd") — "I have transgressed, I have offended, I have sinned before You — I and my house — Ana Hashem, atone, I beseech You, for the transgressions, and the offenses, and the sins that I have transgressed, and offended, and sinned before You — I and my house, as it is written in the Torah of Mosheh Your servant (Leviticus 16:30): 'For on this day He shall atone for you, etc.'" And they answer after him: "Blessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom forever."

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