And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, the lots being drawn from an urn by some attendant; one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat, or Azazel, as the Hebrew has it, for the "Remover of Sin. " Both he-goats bore the sins of the people, the one through the act of sacrifice, the other by complete removal into the wilderness.

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