In Acharei Mot, we learn about the scapegoat. The goat that is supposed to carry all our sins, so that we ourselves won’t have to carry them. From the ceremony of choosing the scapegoat to the actual scapegoat wandering around the wilderness, it all points towards the Messiah.
It says in Leviticus 16:10:
“But the goat on which the lot for the scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.”
The scapegoat is chosen from two goats. One of them becomes a sin offering, and is marked, “For the LORD,” while the other becomes the scapegoat, and is marked, “For Azazel.” Who or what is “Azazel”? In the Talmud, it says that azazel means "hard and rough," just like the cliff which the goat was supposed to be pushed off of. But in the same place of the Talmud where it says that, there’s another explanation given. The disciples of Rabbi Yishmael state, "It was called azazel because it atones for the affair of Uza and Aza'el."
Tradition states that Uza and Aza'el are the names of fallen angels who brought forth the Nephillim in the days of Noah. The book of Enoch refers to Azazel as one of the angels that descended to consort with the daughters of men in Genesis 6:11-13.
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