After Aaron casts lots(A) for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other for an uninhabitable place,[a][b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:8 Lit for Azazel, also in vv. 10 (2x),26
  2. 16:8 Traditionally “for the scapegoat”; perhaps a term that means “for the goat that departs,” or “for removal,” or “for a rough, difficult place,” or “for a goat-demon”; Hb obscure, also in vv. 10,26

Resettling Jerusalem

11 Now the leaders of the people stayed in Jerusalem,(A) and the rest of the people cast lots(B) for one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city,(C) while the other nine-tenths remained in their towns.(D)

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