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Aaron casts lots beside the two goats at the tent entrance. The accompanying verses assign one lot to Yahweh and one to Azazel, specifying the sin offering and the living goat to be sent into the wilderness.
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Leviticus 16:7-10

Lots cast over the two goats

The Day of Atonement · Leviticus 16

Story guide: Aaron casts lots beside the two goats at the tent entrance. The accompanying verses assign one lot to Yahweh and one to Azazel, specifying the sin offering and the living goat to be sent into the wilderness.

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7And he shall take the two goats and set them before Yahweh at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

8And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats: one lot for Yahweh and one lot for Azazel.

9Then Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot for Yahweh fell, and make it a sin offering.

10But the goat on which the lot for Azazel fell shall be presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement over it, to send it away into the wilderness to Azazel.

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