Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Leviticus 16:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10But 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.
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Quick Meaning
This verse keeps the Azazel goat alive for ritual removal into the wilderness.
Read It With
- Leviticus 16:1-10
Read through 16:1-10 and watch how each actor, material, status, or command relates. Leviticus 16:10 keeps the Azazel goat alive for ritual removal into the wilderness; the whole unit establishes this: Aaron may not enter the inner sanctuary at will; washing, linen clothing, offerings, incense, and lots assign one goat to the LORD and one for Azazel.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The annual entry rule explicitly recalls the priestly deaths and addresses the impurities and transgressions accumulated through the preceding status material. Within the whole book, this unit contributes: Aaron may not enter the inner sanctuary at will; washing, linen clothing, offerings, incense, and lots assign one goat to the LORD and one for Azazel. Within that movement, this verse keeps the Azazel goat alive for ritual removal into the wilderness.
What Remains True
Keeps the Azazel goat alive for ritual removal into the wilderness. Within Leviticus 16:1-10, this contributes to the larger claim that Aaron may not enter the inner sanctuary at will; washing, linen clothing, offerings, incense, and lots assign one goat to the LORD and one for Azazel.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 16:10, keep the verse inside Leviticus 16:1-10. Hold this boundary: Azazel's identity and the lot ritual remain disputed; neither supports demon invocation or occult practice. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Leviticus 16:1-10 — After the priestly deaths, Aaron prepares and two goats are assignedSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 16:1-10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 16:1-10
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 16:1-10
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