Leviticus 16:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ and Aaron shall cast lots on the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Aaron shall cast lots on the two goats–one lot for the Lord, the other lot for Azazel or removal.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for Jehovah, and the other lot for Azazel.

Common English Bible

⁸ Aaron will cast lots over the two goats: one lot labeled “the LORD’s” and the other lot labeled “Azazel’s.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And casting lots over them both, one is to be offered to the Lord, and the other is to be the emissary goat.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And casting lots upon them both, one to be offered to the Lord, and the other to be the emissary goat:

Leviticus 16:8 Cross References

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is the Lord’s alone.

Ezekiel 48:29

This is the land that you shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, says the Lord God.

Leviticus 16:10

but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel.

Leviticus 16:26

The one who sets the goat free for Azazel shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water and afterward may come into the camp.

Leviticus 16:7

He shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting,

Leviticus 16:9

Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord and offer it as a purification offering,

Jonah 1:7

The sailors said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, so that we may know on whose account this calamity has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

Numbers 26:55

But the land shall be apportioned by lot; according to the names of their ancestral tribes they shall inherit.

Numbers 33:54

You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans; to a large one you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small one you shall give a small inheritance; the inheritance shall belong to the person on whom the lot falls; according to your ancestral tribes you shall apportion it.