Yom Kippur Temple service
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In Judaism, the Yom Kippur Temple service was a special sacrificial service performed by the High Priest of Israel on the holiday of Yom Kippur, in the Temple in Jerusalem. Through this service, accor
The High Priest in white garments during the sprinkling of the blood on the Golden Altar
The High Priest offering incense in the Holy of Holies and praying before the Mercy Seat. Illustration from a Bible, 1890
The Scapegoat. Painted by James Tissot
Cliffs of Mount Azazel
Azazel
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In the Hebrew Bible, the name Azazel represents a desolate place where a scapegoat bearing the sins of the Jews was sent during Yom Kippur. During the late Second Temple period, Azazel came to be view
Yom Kippur Temple service
…his hands on the head of the scapegoat, confess all the people's sins on it, and entrust it to messengers who would lead the goat "to the desert, to Azazel". The service described so far was performed by the High Priest in special white "linen garments" (bigdei ha-bad) which were worn only for this service…
"And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot for Azazel." Lincoln Cathedral
The Scapegoat, by William Holman Hunt, 1854
Illustration of Azazel in Dictionnaire infernal by Collin de Plancy (1863)
Mount Azazel (Jabel Munttar) in the Judean Desert