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He will take the two male goats and place them before the Lord at the meeting tent’s entrance. Aaron will cast lots over the two goats: one lot labeled “the Lord’s” and the other lot labeled “Azazel’s.”[a] Aaron will present the goat selected by the Lord’s lot and perform a purification offering with it.

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  1. Leviticus 16:8 Or scapegoat

Then he is to take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. He is to cast lots(A) for the two goats—one lot for the Lord and the other for the scapegoat.[a](B) Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the Lord and sacrifice it for a sin offering.

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  1. Leviticus 16:8 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 10 and 26.