6 Bible Verses about Scapegoat

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Leviticus 16:7-10

And he took the two he goats and made them stand before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of appointment And Aaron gave lots upon the two he goats; one lot for Jehovah, and one lot for the goat set apart. And Aaron brought the he goat which upon it came up the lot for Jehovah, and he did it for the sin.read more.
And the he goat which upon it came up the lot for the goat set apart, shall stand living before Jehovah, to expiate upon him, to send him for a goat set apart to the desert

Leviticus 16:26

And he sending away the goat set apart, shall wash his garments and wash his flesh in water, and after this he shall go in to the camp.

Isaiah 53:4

Surely he lifted up our afflictions, and our griefs he carried them: and we reckoned him to be smitten, struck of God, and afflicted.

Hebrews 9:11-14

And Christ being present, a chief priest of good things about to be, by a greater and more perfect tent, not made with hands, that is; not of this creation; Neither by the blood of he-goats and calves, and by his own blood he went in once for all to the holies, having found eternal deliverance. For if the blood of bulls and he-goats, and the ashes of a heifer besprinkling the polluted, consecrates to the purity of the flesh:read more.
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself blameless to God, purify your consciousness from dead works to serve the living God?

From Thematic Bible


Scapegoat » Part of the sin offering on the day of atonement

Leviticus 16:5

And from the assembly of the sons of Israel he shall take two he goats of the goats for sin, and one ram for a burnt-offering.

Leviticus 16:7

And he took the two he goats and made them stand before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of appointment

Scapegoat » Sent into the wilderness by the hands of a fit person

Leviticus 16:21-22

And Aaron placed his two hands upon the head of the living he goat and confessed over him all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions, and all their sins, and gave them upon the head of the he goat, and sent by the hand of a fit man to the desert And the he goat lifted up upon him all their iniquities to a desert land: and he sent the he goat into the desert

Scapegoat » Communicated uncleanness to » The man who lead him away

Leviticus 16:26

And he sending away the goat set apart, shall wash his garments and wash his flesh in water, and after this he shall go in to the camp.

Scapegoat » Communicated uncleanness to » The high priest

Leviticus 16:24

And he washed his flesh in water in the holy place, and he put on his garments and came forth, and did his burnt-offering, and the burnt-offering of the people, and expiated for himself, and for the people.

Scapegoat » Chosen by lot

Leviticus 16:8

And Aaron gave lots upon the two he goats; one lot for Jehovah, and one lot for the goat set apart.

Scapegoat » Typical of Christ

Types of Christ » Scapegoat

Isaiah 53:12

For this I will divide to him with many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; for which his soul was poured out to death, and he was numbered with transgressors; and he lifted up the sin of many, and he will supplicate for transgressors.

Leviticus 16:20-22

And he finished expiating the holy place, and the tent of appointment, and the altar, and he brought the living he goat. And Aaron placed his two hands upon the head of the living he goat and confessed over him all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions, and all their sins, and gave them upon the head of the he goat, and sent by the hand of a fit man to the desert And the he goat lifted up upon him all their iniquities to a desert land: and he sent the he goat into the desert

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