Here is where you said it;
The goat that was left alive had all the sins of Israel placed upon it and sent back to where they came from, the initiator of sins, Azazel, the goat demon or aka HaSatan.
The goat that was sent into the wilderness (the scapegoat) is Azazel (Leviticus 16:8). You called HaSatan "Azazel". Therefore, you are calling the scapegoat "HaSatan". If not, then your words were in error and totally unclear as to what you really meant. HaSatan is NOT Azazel.
No, that is not correct.
“Place lots (
goralot) upon the two goats, one marked
for the Lord and the other marked
for Azazel” (Lev. 16:8)
The key word here is 'for', it doesn't make it 'them' personally.
From Chabad
The strangest element of the service on Yom Kippur, set out in
Acharei Mot,1 was the ritual of the two goats, one offered as a sacrifice, the other sent away into the desert “
to Azazel.”
They were brought before the High Priest, to all intents and purposes indistinguishable from one another: they were chosen to be as similar as possible to one another in size and appearance. Lots were drawn, one bearing the words “
To the L‑rd,” the other, “
To Azazel.”
The word Azazel appears nowhere else in Scripture, and three major theories emerged as to its meaning.
- According to the sages and Rashi it meant “a steep, rocky or hard place,” in other words a description of its destination.
- According to Nahmanides , Azazel was the name of a spirit or demon, one of the fallen angels referred to in Genesis 6:2, similar to the goat-spirit called Pan in Greek mythology, Faunus in Latin.
- The third interpretation is that the word simply means “the goat [ez] that was sent away [azal].” Hence the English word “(e)scapegoat” coined by William Tyndale in his 1530 English translation of the Bible.
I will make an amendment which I hope will not cause further controversy as most only understand about one evil entity that of the Adversary. However even though there is little in the canon there are extrabiblical books that are mentioned in the canon that do speak of others. It may be that the others are not 'in play' during our time which would seem to be the case from the books of Jasher and Enoch.
Enoch 10
6 Again the Lord said to Raphael, Bind Azazyel hand and foot; cast him into darkness; and opening the desert which is in Dudael, cast him in there.
7 Throw upon him hurled and pointed stones, covering him with darkness;
8 There shall he remain for ever; cover his face, that he may not see the light.
9 And in the great day of judgment let him be cast into the fire.
10 Restore the earth, which the angels have corrupted; and announce life to it, that I may revive it.
11 All the sons of men shall not perish in consequence of every secret, by which the Watchers have destroyed, and
which they have taught, their offspring.
12 All the earth has been corrupted by the effects of the teaching of Azazyel.
To him therefore ascribe the whole crime.
The goat was
not Azazel, but the 'conveyance' that took the sins of the people
to him as they were attributed to him by his corruption.
