犹太教传说中的旷野的Azazel
要从以色列会众取两只公山羊为赎罪祭,一只公绵羊为燔祭。(And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.) 亚伦要把赎罪祭的公牛奉上,为自己和本家赎罪。( And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.)也要把两只公山羊安置在会幕门口,耶和华面前,为那两只羊拈阄,一阄归与耶和华,一阄归与阿撒泻勒。(And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat(Heb Azazel).)亚伦要把那拈阄归与耶和华的羊献为赎罪祭,但那拈阄归与阿撒泻勒的羊要活着安置在耶和华面前,用以赎罪,打发人送到旷野去,归与阿撒泻勒。(But 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.)《利未记》16章5-10