supernatural
Azazel
עֲזָאזֵל
Azazel, mentioned in Leviticus 16, is a mysterious figure connected to the scapegoat ritual on the Day of Atonement.
- verses
- 3
- first named
- Leviticus 16:8
- last named
- Leviticus 16:10
Description
Azazel in the text
Azazel is a mysterious figure mentioned in connection with the scapegoat ritual on the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:8, 10, 26). On this day, two goats were selected, one for the Lord and the other for Azazel. The high priest would cast lots to determine which goat would be sacrificed to the Lord and which would be sent into the wilderness "to Azazel" (Leviticus 16:8, 10).
The goat designated for Azazel, often called the scapegoat, would have the sins of the Israelites confessed over it by the high priest. It would then be sent into the wilderness, symbolically carrying away the sins of the people (Leviticus 16:21-22). The person who led the goat into the wilderness was required to wash his clothes and bathe before returning to the camp (Leviticus 16:26).
The exact identity of Azazel is uncertain. Some scholars suggest that Azazel may refer to a demon or fallen angel, while others propose that it could be a geographical location or a term meaning "complete removal." The scapegoat ritual involving Azazel emphasizes the complete removal and separation of sin from the people on the Day of Atonement.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
Stands in the same events as
- Aaron1 event
The pattern
Where Azazel is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
3 verses across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in Leviticus (3).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 1 book. The name is written 4 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
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