Leviticus 16:8 (WEB)
Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
Fathers and councils · 2
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.43Book VI
“Moreover (the goat), which in the book of Leviticus is sent away (into the wilderness), and which in the Hebrew language is named Azazel, was none other than this; and it was necessary to send it away into the desert, and to treat it as an expiatory sacrifice, because on it the lot fell.” — editor's note: Cf. Lev. xvi. 8.
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“…book of Leviticus is called Apopompæus, i.e., Averter, regarding whom Scripture says, “One lot for the Lord, and one lot for Apopompæus, i.e., the Averter.”” — editor's note: Lev. xvi. 8. ᾽Αποπομπαῖος is the reading of the Sept., “Caper emissarius” of the Vulgate, עֲזָאזל of the Masoretic text. Cf. Fürst and Gesenius s.v. Rufinus…
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