KJV King James Version
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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Leviticus 16:10
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.
WEB World English Bible
But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him, to send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness.
ASV American Standard Version
But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before Jehovah, to make atonement for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And the goat on which the lot for a goat of departure hath gone up is caused to stand living before Jehovah to make atonement by it, to send it away for a goat of departure into the wilderness.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 16
7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer him [for] a sin offering.
10 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.
11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which [is] for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which [is] for himself:
12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring [it] within the vail:
13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that [is] upon the testimony, that he die not:
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וְהַשָּׂעִ֗ירH8163 · sa.irhairyאֲשֶׁר֩H834 · a.sherwhichעָלָ֨הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseעָלָ֤יוH5921 · aluponהַגּוֹרָל֙H1486 · go.ralallottedלַעֲזָאזֵ֔לH5799 · a.za.zelAzazelיָֽעֳמַד־H5975 · a.madto stand: standחַ֛יH2416 · chayaliveלִפְנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְכַפֵּ֣רH3722 · ki.pherto atoneעָלָ֑יוH5921 · aluponלְשַׁלַּ֥חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֹת֛וֹH853 · et[Obj.]לַעֲזָאזֵ֖לH5799 · a.za.zelAzazelהַמִּדְבָּֽרָה׃H4057 · mid.barmouth
Cross-references
1 John 2:2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.Hebrews 9:23-24[It was] therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.Leviticus 16:21-22And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send [him] away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:Isaiah 53:4-11Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.1 John 3:16Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.Romans 4:25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.Leviticus 14:7And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.Hebrews 7:26-27For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;Romans 3:25Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;2 Corinthians 5:21For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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