Scapegoat

from Hebrew: `azàzèl
1: a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony of Yom Kippur
2 a: one that bears the blame for others
b: one that is the object of irrational hostility

"He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
"Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat.
"And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering.
"But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness.
Leviticus 16:7-10

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