And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the (b) scapegoat.

(b) In Hebrew it is called Azazel, which some say is a mountain near Sinai, where this goat was sent. Rather it is called the scapegoat because it was not offered but sent into the desert, as in (Leviticus 16:11).

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