Leviticus 16:8 BSB — MannaFest

Leviticus 16:8

After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,

BSB

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ASV

And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for Jehovah, and the other lot for Azazel.

KJV

And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat.

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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

AGAINST MARCION 3.7.7 (220)

May I offer, moreover, an interpretation of the two goats which were presented on "the great day of atonement"? Do they not also prefigure the two natures of Christ? They were of like size and very similar in appearance, owing to the Lord's identity of aspect. He is not to come in any other form. He had to be recognized by those by whom he was also wounded and pierced.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats - The Jews inform us that there were two lots made either of wood, stone, or any kind of metal. On one was written לשם Lashshem, for the Name, i. e., יהוה Jehovah, which the Jews will neither write nor pronounce: on the other was written לעזאזל Laazazel, for the Scape-Goat: then they put the two lots into a vessel which was called קלפי kalpey, the goats standing with their faces towards the west.

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Hebraic traditional view

The day Israel still fasts

This chapter founds the Day of Atonement, in Hebrew Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of the Jewish year: the one day the high priest entered the innermost room of the sanctuary with blood for the nation's sins. With no Temple standing since AD 70, the day is kept now as a full fast: roughly 25 hours with no food or drink, most of it spent in synagogue prayer, many wearing white.

The Mishnah (the first code of Jewish oral law, about AD 200) defines the day's five abstentions: eating and drinking, washing, anointing, leather shoes, and marital relations (Yoma 8:1). It also carries a saying worth any reader's time: the day atones for sins between a person and God, “but for sins between a person and his fellow, the Day of Atonement does not atone until he has appeased his fellow” (Yoma 8:9). Reconciliation with people is homework done before the day.

Sources: Mishnah Yoma 8:1 (the five abstentions) · Mishnah Yoma 8:9 (appease your fellow first) · The Day of Atonement (this site's study)

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָתַ֧ן	ve.na.Tan	and he will put	H5414 →
אַהֲרֹ֛ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
שְׁנֵ֥י	she.Nei	[the] two	H8147 →
הַשְּׂעִירִ֖ם	ha.se.'i.Rim	the male goats	H8163 →
גּוֹרָל֑וֹת	go.ra.Lot	lots	H1486 →
גּוֹרָ֤ל	go.Ral	a lot	H1486 →
אֶחָד֙	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
לַיהוָ֔ה	la.Yah.weh	for Yahweh	H3068 →
וְגוֹרָ֥ל	ve.go.Ral	and a lot	H1486 →
אֶחָ֖ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
לַעֲזָאזֵֽל׃	la.'a.za.Zel	for [the] escape goat	H5799 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
leads to
- Proverbs 18:18
  Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.
- 1 Samuel 14:41–42
  So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim; but if…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jonah 1:7
  “Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
- Acts 1:26
  Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.
- Proverbs 29:26
  Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
Through
Numbers 26:55
Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
leads to
- Numbers 34:13
  So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jonah 1:7
“Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
leads to
- Proverbs 16:33
  The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
- Joshua 7:13–18
  Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot…

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