Holy Scripture
Leviticus 16:8
A church father on this verse
“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 recogniz…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for the Lord, and the other for the scapegoat.
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6And Aaron shall bring the calf for his own sin offering, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house.
7And he shall take the two goats, and place them before the Lord by the door of the tabernacle of witness.
— Leviticus 16:8 —
9And Aaron shall bring forward the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and shall offer him for a sin offering.
10And the goat upon which the lot of the scapegoat came, he shall present alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon him, so as to send him away as a scapegoat, and he shall send him into the wilderness.