Leviticus 16:10

Leviticus 16:11 →

But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

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Interpretation

Without entering into particulars of the sacrifices on the great day of atonement, we may notice that it was to be a statute for ever, till that dispensation be at an end. As long as we are continually sinning, we continually need the atonement.

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This thought runs through Leviticus 16:10-14.

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Glossary

Azazel Place: ( Lev. 16:8 , 10, 26, Revised Version only here; rendered “scape-goat” in the Authorized Version). This word has given rise to many different views. Modern identification: not a place (being, goat, or the idea of removal).