In surfing the Internet for Azezel I found an explanation that was nearly too much information: JewishEncyclopedia, The unedited full-text of the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
“The name of a supernatural being mentioned in connection with the ritual of the Day of Atonement (Lev. xvi.). After Satan, for whom he was in some degree a preparation, Azazel enjoys the distinction of being the most mysterious extrahuman character in sacred literature. Unlike other Hebrew proper names, the name itself is obscure.”
Further in the article, “According to Talmudical interpretation, the term "Azazel" designated a rugged mountain or precipice in the wilderness from which the goat was thrown down.”
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement is one of The Fall Feasts and falls on the 10th of Tishri, the 7th Month. It is a day of national repentance. Yom Kippur is the only time the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies. In the unlikely event of the High Priest dying in the Holy of Holies a rope was secured to his ankle so his body could be pulled out. Two Goats were involved, one for the Lord and one as the the Azezel, the Scapegoat.
Leviticus 16:7,-9, "7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering."
The High Priest fastened a scarlet woolen thread to the head of the scapegoat and it was "presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness." Leviticus 16:21-22, "21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness."
Jesus performed the duty of the Azezel as He hung on the cross. Rather than a scarlet woolen thread fastened to His head it was a crown of thorns. Jesus became sin and God would not look at Him. Matthew 27:46, "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" My God, not Abba, Father. Jesus not only performed the duty of the Azezel He also perform the duty of the sin offering.
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