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to be the scapegoat. Hebrew "to be for 'Azazel" (see Lev_16:8 and Lev_16:22).
presented = made to stand.
with him. Hebrew "for him". See verses: Lev_16:16, Lev_16:18. The scapegoat was not used to make atonement, but atonement was made for it. Hence he was to be "let go" free. See Lev_16:22.
wilderness: or desert, symbol of abode of all evil things (Isa_13:21; Isa_34:14. Mat_12:43. Luk_8:27; Luk_11:24. Rev_18:2). 'Azazel probably the personification of all that is "great and terrible" there (Deu_1:19; Deu_8:15. Jer_2:6).