Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before Jehovah, to make atonement for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness." — Leviticus 16:10 (ASV)
On which the lot fell to be the scapegoat - Rather, on which the lot ‘for Azazel’ fell.
An atonement with him - The goat “for Azazel” was to be considered as taking his part along with the other goat in the great symbol of atonement.
For a scapegoat into the wilderness - Rather, “to Azazel, into the wilderness.”