Leviticus 16:8-10

Common English Bible

⁸ Aaron will cast lots over the two goats: one lot labeled “the Lord’s” and the other lot labeled “Azazel’s.”^{[a] 9} Aaron will present the goat selected by the Lord’s lot and perform a purification offering with it. ¹⁰ But the goat selected by Azazel’s lot will be left standing alive before the Lord in order to make reconciliation upon it^[b] by sending it away into the wilderness to Azazel.