Leviticus 7:38

7:38 which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai.

Leviticus 16:10

16:10 but the goat which has been designated by lot for Azazel is to be stood alive before the Lord to make atonement on it by sending it away to Azazel into the wilderness.

Leviticus 16:22

16:22 The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, so he is to send the goat away in the wilderness.


tn The LXX has “he shall stand it” (cf. v. 7).

tn Heb “to make atonement on it to send it away to Azazel toward the wilderness.”

tn The Hebrew term rendered “inaccessible” derives from a root meaning “to cut off” (cf. NAB “an isolated region”). Another possible translation would be “infertile land” (see HALOT 187 s.v. *גָּזֵּר and cf. NRSV “a barren region”; NLT “a desolate land.”

tn Heb “and he [the man (standing) ready, v. 21] shall send the goat away.”