“But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.”
But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord to be used for making atonement by sending it into the wilderness as a scapegoat. The Azazel goat is presented alive before the Lord — its life is preserved while its partner is sacrificed. The live presentation before the Lord communicates that the Azazel goat is also entirely under divine authority, even as its purpose differs from the sacrifice. The live goat that will carry the community's sins into the wilderness is as much an act of divine provision as the sacrificed goat whose blood covers them.
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