Reference: Goat
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A well-known animal, resembling the sheep, but covered with hair instead of wool. Large flocks of them were kept by the Jews, Ge 27:9; 1Sa 25:2; 2Ch 17:11. They were regarded as clean for sacrifice, Ex 12:5; Le 3:12; Nu 15:27; and their milk and the young kids were much used for food, De 14:4; Jg 6:19; Pr 27:27; Lu 15:29. The common leather bottles were made of their skins. Several kinds of goats were kept in Palestine: one kind having long hair, like the Angora, and another, long and broad ears. This kind is probably referred to in Am 3:12, and is still the common goat of Palestine.
Herodotus says, that at Mendes, in Lower Egypt, both the male and female goat were worshipped. The heathen god Pan was represented with the face and thighs of a goat. The heathen paid divine honors also to real goats, as appears in the table of Isis. The abominations committed during the feast of these infamous deities cannot be told.
WILD GOATS are mentioned in 1Sa 24:2; Job 39:1; Ps 104:18. This is doubtless the Ibex, or mountain goat, a large and vigorous animal still found in the mountains in the peninsula of Sinai, and east and south of the Dead Sea.
These goats are very similar to the bouquetin or chamois of the Alps. They feed in flocks of a score or two, wit one of their number acting as a sentinel. At the slightest alarm, they are gone in an instant, darting fearlessly over the rocks, and falling on their horns from a great height without injury. Their horns are two or three feet long, and are sold by the Arabs for knife-handles, etc. For SCAPEGOAT, see EXPIATION.
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Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and fetch me from thence two kids of the goats, fine ones, - that I may make of them dainty meats for thy father such as he loveth:
A lamb without defect a male a year old, shall yours be, - from the sheep or from the goats, shall ye take it.
But if a goat, be his oblation, then shall he bring it near, before Yahweh.
And if, any one person, shall sin by mistake, then shall he bring near a she-goat of the first year as a sin-bearer;
These, are the beasts which ye may eat, - the ox, the young of sheep, and the young of goats;
So, Gideon, went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and, of an ephah of meal, unleavened cakes, the flesh, he put in a basket, and, the broth, he put in a pot, - and brought them forth unto him, under the oak, and presented them.
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men, out of all Israel, - and went to seek David and his men, over the face of the rocks of the mountain-goats.
Knowest thou the season when the Wild Goats of the crags beget? The bringing forth of the hinds, canst thou observe?
The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.
With, enough goats-milk, for thy food - for the food of thy household, and, a maintenance, for thy maidens.
Thus, saith Yahweh, Just as a shepherd rescueth, out of the mouth of the lion, a couple of shankbones, or the tip of an ear, so, shall be rescued the sons of Israel, who are tarrying in Samaria, in the corner of the divan, and on the damask of the luxurious couch.
But, he, answering said unto his father - Lo! so many years as these, do I serve thee, and, at no time, a commandment of thine, have I transgressed, - And, unto me, at no time, hast thou given a kid, that, with my friends, I might make merry;
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Illustration: Syrian Goat Illustration: Wild Goat
(1.) Heb 'ez, the she-goat (Ge 15:9; 30:35; 31:38). This Hebrew word is also used for the he-goat (Ex 12:5; Le 4:23; Nu 28:15), and to denote a kid (Ge 38:17,20). Hence it may be regarded as the generic name of the animal as domesticated. It literally means "strength," and points to the superior strength of the goat as compared with the sheep.
(2.) Heb 'attud, only in plural; rendered "rams" (Ge 31:10,12); he-goats (Nu 7:17-88; Isa 1:11); goats (De 32:14; Ps 50:13). They were used in sacrifice (Ps 66:15). This word is used metaphorically for princes or chiefs in Isa 14:9, and in Zec 10:3 as leaders. (Comp. Jer 50:8.)
(3.) Heb gedi, properly a kid. Its flesh was a delicacy among the Hebrews (Ge 27:9,14,17; Jg 6:19).
(4.) Heb sa'ir, meaning the "shaggy," a hairy goat, a he-goat (2Ch 29:23); "a goat" (Le 4:24); "satyr" (Isa 13:21); "devils" (Le 17:7). It is the goat of the sin-offering (Le 9:3,15; 10:16).
(5.) Heb tsaphir, a he-goat of the goats (2Ch 29:21). In 8/5/type/emb'>Da 8:5,8 it is used as a symbol of the Macedonian empire.
(6.) Heb tayish, a "striker" or "butter," rendered "he-goat" (Ge 30:35; 32:14).
(7.) Heb 'azazel (q.v.), the "scapegoat" (Le 16:8,10,26).
(8.) There are two Hebrew words used to denote the undomesticated goat:, Yael, only in plural mountain goats (1Sa 24:2; Job 39:1; Ps 104:18). It is derived from a word meaning "to climb." It is the ibex, which abounded in the mountainous parts of Moab. And 'akko, only in De 14:5, the wild goat.
Goats are mentioned in the New Testament in Mt 25:32-33; Heb 9:12-13,19; 10:4. They represent oppressors and wicked men (Eze 34:17; 39:18; Mt 25:33).
Several varieties of the goat were familiar to the Hebrews. They had an important place in their rural economy on account of the milk they afforded and the excellency of the flesh of the kid. They formed an important part of pastoral wealth (Ge 31:10,12; 32:14; 1Sa 25:2).
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And he said unto him, Take for me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove and a young pigeon.
Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and fetch me from thence two kids of the goats, fine ones, - that I may make of them dainty meats for thy father such as he loveth:
So he went, and fetched them , and brought them in to his mother, and his mother made dainty meats, such as his father loved.
then placed she the dainty meats and the bread, which she had made ready, in the hand of Jacob her son.
So he removed, on that day, the he-goats that were striped and spotted and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and every dark-coloured one among the young sheep, - and delivered then into the hand of his sons;
So he removed, on that day, the he-goats that were striped and spotted and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and every dark-coloured one among the young sheep, - and delivered then into the hand of his sons;
And it came to pass in the season when the flock were in heat, then lifted I mine eyes and beheld in a dream, - and lo! the he-goats that were leaping upon the flock, were ring-straked speckled and dappled.
And it came to pass in the season when the flock were in heat, then lifted I mine eyes and beheld in a dream, - and lo! the he-goats that were leaping upon the flock, were ring-straked speckled and dappled.
Then he said Lift, I pray thee, thine eyes and behold All, the he-goats that are leaping upon the flock are ring-straked, speckled, and dappled, - for I have seen all that Laban, has been doing to thee.
Then he said Lift, I pray thee, thine eyes and behold All, the he-goats that are leaping upon the flock are ring-straked, speckled, and dappled, - for I have seen all that Laban, has been doing to thee.
This twenty years' time, have, I, been with thee - Thy ewes and thy she-goats, have not cast their young, - And the rams of thy flock, have I not eaten,
She-goats, two hundred; And he-goats, twenty; Ewes, two hundred; And rams, twenty;
She-goats, two hundred; And he-goats, twenty; Ewes, two hundred; And rams, twenty;
And he said, I, will send a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give a pledge until thou send it?
And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge at the hand of the woman, - but he found her not.
A lamb without defect a male a year old, shall yours be, - from the sheep or from the goats, shall ye take it.
or his sin wherein he hath sinned he made known unto him, then shall he bring in. as his oblation a he-goat a male without defect; and shall lean his hand upon the head of the goat, and shall slay it in the place where they slay the ascending-sacrifice before Yahweh, - a sin-bearer, it is.
and unto the sons of Israel, shalt thou speak, saying, - Take ye a he-goat, as a sin-bearer, and a calf and a young sheep, each a year old, without defect for an ascending-sacrifice;
Then brought he near the oblation of the people, - and took the sin-bearing goat which pertained to the people, and slew it and made therewith a sin-bearer, like the first.
Now, as for the sin-bearing goat, Moses diligently sought it but lo! it had been burnt up, - then was he wroth against Eleazar and against Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying:
And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, - one lot for Yahweh, and one lot for Azazel.
but, the goat over which came up the lot for Azazel, shall he cause to stand alive - before Yahweh to put a propitiatory-covering over him, - to send him away unto Azazel, towards the desert.
And he that sent away the goat unto Azazel, shall wash - his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, - and, after that, shall he come into the camp.
so shall they no more offer their sacrifices unto demons after whom they are unchastely going away, - a statute age-abiding, shall this be to them unto their generations.
and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Nashon, son of Amminadab. On the second day, Nethanel, son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, brought his offering. read more. He offered as his oblation - one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, - both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering;
and, as peace-offering two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Nethanel, son of Zuar. On the third day, the prince of the sons of Zebulun, - Eliab, son of Helon: read more. his offering, - one charger of silver a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, - both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering; one spoon, of ten shekels of gold full of incense; one choice young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice;
and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Eliab, son of Helon. On the fourth day, the prince of he sons of Reuben, - Elizur, son of Shedeur: read more. his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels , the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of Silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, - both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal-offering; one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense: one choice young bullock one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice; ones young he-goat for a sin-bearer; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Elizur, son of Shedeur. On the fifth day, the prince of the sons of Simeon, - Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai: his offering, one charger of silver a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering; one spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year as an ascending-sacrifice; one young he-goat as a sin-bearer; and, as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai. On the sixth day, the prince of the sons of Gad, - Eliasaph, son of Deuel: his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels , the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, - both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal-offering;
one young he-goat a sin-bearer; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Eliasaph, son of Deuel. read more. On the seventh day, the prince of the sons of Ephraim, - Elishama, son of Ammihud: his offering, one charger of silver a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, - both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering;
and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Elishama, son of Ammihud. On the eighth day, the prince of the sons of Manasseh, - Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur: read more. his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels , the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, - both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering;
one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year as an ascending-sacrifice:
and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. On the ninth day, the prince of the sons of Benjamin, - Abidan, son of Gideoni: read more. his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels , the weight thereof, - one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, - both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal-offering;
one choice young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year as an ascending-sacrifice;
and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Abidan, son of Gideoni. On the tenth day, the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai: read more. his offering, one charger of silver a hundred and thirty shekels , the weight thereof, - one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, - both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering; one spoon, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai. On the eleventh day, the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran;
one choice young bullock, one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice;
and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Pagiel, son of Ochran. On the twelfth day, the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan: read more. his offering, one charger of silver a hundred and thirty shekels , the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal-offering;
and, as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, this, was the offering of Ahira, son of Enan. This, was the offering for the dedication of the altar in the day when it was anointed, from the princes of Israel, - twelve chargers of silver twelve tossing bowls of silver, twelve spoons of gold; read more. a hundred and thirty shekels , each charger of silver, and seventy, each tossing bowl, - all the silver of the vessels, two thousand and four hundred shekels , by the shekel of the sanctuary; twelve spoons of gold full of incense, ten shekels each spoon by the shekel of the sanctuary, - all the gold of the spoons, a hundred and twenty shekels . All the herd for the ascending-sacrifice, - twelve bullocks twelve rams twelve he-lambs of the first year with their meal-offering, - twelve young he-goats for the bearing of sin; and all the herd for the peace-offering, twenty-four bullocks sixty rams, sixty he-goats sixty he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering for the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.
Also one he-goat as a sin-bearer unto Yahweh, - besides the continual ascending-sacrifice, shall it be offered, with the drink-offering thereof.
the hart and the gazelle and the roebuck, - and the wild goat and the mountain goat, and the wild ox, and the mountain sheep.
Curds of kine and milk of sheep, - With fat of well-fed lambs, Yea rams bred in Bashan, and he-goats, With the white of the kernels of wheat, - And, the blood of the grape, thou didst drink as it foamed.
So, Gideon, went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and, of an ephah of meal, unleavened cakes, the flesh, he put in a basket, and, the broth, he put in a pot, - and brought them forth unto him, under the oak, and presented them.
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men, out of all Israel, - and went to seek David and his men, over the face of the rocks of the mountain-goats.
And they brought in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven young sheep, and seven he-goats for bearing sin, for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah, - and he bade the sons of Aaron, the priests, cause them to ascend upon the altar of Yahweh.
And they brought near the he-goats for bearing sin, before the king, and the convocation, - and they leaned their hands upon them;
Knowest thou the season when the Wild Goats of the crags beget? The bringing forth of the hinds, canst thou observe?
Will I eat the flesh of mighty oxen? Or, the blood of he-goats, will I drink?
Ascending-sacrifices of fatlings, will I cause to ascend unto thee, With the perfume of rams, I will offer bulls, with he-goats. Selah.
The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.
Of what use to me, is your multitude of sacrifices: Saith Yahweh: I am sated with ascending-offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts, - In the blood of bulls and young rams and he-goats, have I no pleasure.
Then shall lie down there, wild beasts, And filled shall be their houses with owls, - Then shall inhabit there, the ostrich, And shaggy creatures, shall dance there.
Hades beneath, is excited about thee To meet thine arrival, - Rousing up, for thee Shades, All the he-goats of earth! Maketh rise from their thrones, All the kings of the nations.
Remove ye out of the midst of Babylon, And out of the land of the Chaldeans, come ye forth, - And become ye like he-goats before the flock;
And as for you O my flock, Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh: Behold me! judging between one kind of small cattle and another as well the rams as the he-goats.
The flesh of mighty men, shall ye eat, And the blood of the princes of the earth, shall ye drink. - Rams well-fed lambs and be-goats bullocks, Fatlings of Bashan all of them;
Now, I, was observing, when lo! a he-goat, coming in out of the west, over the face of all the earth, but it meddled not with the earth, - and, the goat, had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
But, the he-goat, shewed himself very great, - and, when he had become mighty, the great horn, was broken in pieces, and there came up afterwards four, in its stead, towards the four winds of the heavens;
Against the shepherds, is kindled mine anger, and, upon the leaders of the flock, will I bring punishment, - for Yahweh of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his noble horse in battle:
And there will be gathered before him, all the nations, and he will separate them one from another, just as, the shepherd! separateth the sheep from the goats, - And he will set, the sheep, indeed, on his right hand, but, the goats, on the left.
And he will set, the sheep, indeed, on his right hand, but, the goats, on the left.
Nor yet through blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood he entered once for all into the Holy place, age-abiding redemption discovering. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the profaned, halloweth unto the purity of the flesh,
For, when every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses unto all the people, taking the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, both, the scroll itself, and all the people, he sprinkled;
For it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to be taking away sins.
Fausets
1. Wild goat, yeliym, the ibex of ancient Moab.
2. The goat deer, or else gazelle, aqow.
3. The atuwd, "he goat", the leader of the flock; hence the chief ones of the earth, leaders in mighty wickedness; the ram represents headstrong wantonness and offensive lust (Isa 14:9; Zec 10:3; compare Mt 25:32-33; Eze 34:17). As the word "shepherds" describes what they ought to have been, so "he goats" what they were; heading the flock, they were foremost in sin, so they shall be foremost in punishment. In Song 4:1 the hair of the bride is said to be "as a flock of goats that appear from mount Gilead," alluding to the fine silky hair of some breeds of goat, the angora and others. Amos (Am 3:12) speaks of a shepherd "taking out of the mouth of the lion a piece of an ear," alluding to the long pendulous ears of the Syrian breed. In Pr 30:31 a he goat is mentioned as one of the "four things comely in going," in allusion to the stately march of the leader of the flock.
4. Sair, the goat of the sin-offering (Le 9:3), "the rough hairy goat" (Da 8:21). Sa'ir is used of devils (Le 17:7), "the evil spirits of the desert" (Isa 13:21; 34:14).
5. Azazeel, "the scape-goat" (Le 16:8,10,26 margin) (See ATONEMENT, DAY OF.) The "he goat" represented Graeco-Macedonia; Caranus, the first king of Macedon, was in legend led by goats to Edessa, his capital, which he named "the goat city." The one-horned goat is on coins of Archclaus king of Macedon, and a pilaster of Persepolis. So Da 8:5.
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and unto the sons of Israel, shalt thou speak, saying, - Take ye a he-goat, as a sin-bearer, and a calf and a young sheep, each a year old, without defect for an ascending-sacrifice;
And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, - one lot for Yahweh, and one lot for Azazel.
but, the goat over which came up the lot for Azazel, shall he cause to stand alive - before Yahweh to put a propitiatory-covering over him, - to send him away unto Azazel, towards the desert.
And he that sent away the goat unto Azazel, shall wash - his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, - and, after that, shall he come into the camp.
so shall they no more offer their sacrifices unto demons after whom they are unchastely going away, - a statute age-abiding, shall this be to them unto their generations.
The greyhound, or the he-goat, - and a king, having a band of soldiers with him.
HELo! thou art beautiful, my fair one, Lo! thou art beautiful, Thine eyes, are doves, from behind thy veil, - Thy hair, is like a flock of goats, which are reclining on the sides of Mount Gilead:
Then shall lie down there, wild beasts, And filled shall be their houses with owls, - Then shall inhabit there, the ostrich, And shaggy creatures, shall dance there.
Hades beneath, is excited about thee To meet thine arrival, - Rousing up, for thee Shades, All the he-goats of earth! Maketh rise from their thrones, All the kings of the nations.
Then shall criers meet with howlers, And, the shaggy creature, unto his fellow, shall call, - Only, there, shall, the night-spectre, Make her settlement, And find for herself a place of rest:
And as for you O my flock, Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh: Behold me! judging between one kind of small cattle and another as well the rams as the he-goats.
Now, I, was observing, when lo! a he-goat, coming in out of the west, over the face of all the earth, but it meddled not with the earth, - and, the goat, had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
and, the he-goat, is the king of Greece, - and, the great horn which was between his eyes, the same, is the first king.
Thus, saith Yahweh, Just as a shepherd rescueth, out of the mouth of the lion, a couple of shankbones, or the tip of an ear, so, shall be rescued the sons of Israel, who are tarrying in Samaria, in the corner of the divan, and on the damask of the luxurious couch.
Against the shepherds, is kindled mine anger, and, upon the leaders of the flock, will I bring punishment, - for Yahweh of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his noble horse in battle:
And there will be gathered before him, all the nations, and he will separate them one from another, just as, the shepherd! separateth the sheep from the goats, - And he will set, the sheep, indeed, on his right hand, but, the goats, on the left.
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Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and fetch me from thence two kids of the goats, fine ones, - that I may make of them dainty meats for thy father such as he loveth:
And my righteousness shall answer for me on a future day, when thou shall come in respecting my hire that is before thee, Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and dark-coloured among the young sheep, stolen, shall it be accounted, if found with me.
So he removed, on that day, the he-goats that were striped and spotted and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and every dark-coloured one among the young sheep, - and delivered then into the hand of his sons;
So he removed, on that day, the he-goats that were striped and spotted and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and every dark-coloured one among the young sheep, - and delivered then into the hand of his sons;
And it came to pass in the season when the flock were in heat, then lifted I mine eyes and beheld in a dream, - and lo! the he-goats that were leaping upon the flock, were ring-straked speckled and dappled.
Then he said Lift, I pray thee, thine eyes and behold All, the he-goats that are leaping upon the flock are ring-straked, speckled, and dappled, - for I have seen all that Laban, has been doing to thee.
She-goats, two hundred; And he-goats, twenty; Ewes, two hundred; And rams, twenty;
A lamb without defect a male a year old, shall yours be, - from the sheep or from the goats, shall ye take it.
And thou shalt make curtains of goat's hair, for a tent, over the habitation - eleven curtains, shalt thou make them.
And he made curtains of goats-hair, for the tent over the habitation, eleven curtains, did he make them:
and shall bring in as his guilt-bearer unto Yahweh for his sin which he hath committed, a female from the flock - a lamb or a kid of the goats - as a sin-bearer, - so shall the priest put propitiatory-covering over him, because of his sin.
the hart and the gazelle and the roebuck, - and the wild goat and the mountain goat, and the wild ox, and the mountain sheep.
So, Gideon, went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and, of an ephah of meal, unleavened cakes, the flesh, he put in a basket, and, the broth, he put in a pot, - and brought them forth unto him, under the oak, and presented them.
And Manoah said unto the messenger of Yahweh, - I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready for thy presence, a kid.
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men, out of all Israel, - and went to seek David and his men, over the face of the rocks of the mountain-goats.
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men, out of all Israel, - and went to seek David and his men, over the face of the rocks of the mountain-goats.
Now there was, a man, in Maon, whose cattle were in Carmel, and, the man, was exceeding great, and, he, had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats, - and so it was, that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
and appointed for himself priests for the high places, and for the demons - and for the calves which he had made.
And they brought in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven young sheep, and seven he-goats for bearing sin, for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah, - and he bade the sons of Aaron, the priests, cause them to ascend upon the altar of Yahweh.
and offered, for the dedication of this house of God, bullocks, one hundred, rams, two hundred, lambs, four hundred, - and, he-goats, as a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
They who came in out of the captivity, Sons of the Exile, offered as ascending-sacrifices unto the God of Israel - bullocks twelve for all Israel, rams ninety-six, young sheep seventy-seven, he-goats for bearing sin, twelve, - the whole, as an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh.
Knowest thou the season when the Wild Goats of the crags beget? The bringing forth of the hinds, canst thou observe?
The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.
With, enough goats-milk, for thy food - for the food of thy household, and, a maintenance, for thy maidens.
The greyhound, or the he-goat, - and a king, having a band of soldiers with him.
Then shall lie down there, wild beasts, And filled shall be their houses with owls, - Then shall inhabit there, the ostrich, And shaggy creatures, shall dance there.
Yea the pine-trees, make mirth at thee, Cedars of Lebanon, Since thou wast laid low, No feller hath come up against us!
Then shall criers meet with howlers, And, the shaggy creature, unto his fellow, shall call, - Only, there, shall, the night-spectre, Make her settlement, And find for herself a place of rest:
Now, I, was observing, when lo! a he-goat, coming in out of the west, over the face of all the earth, but it meddled not with the earth, - and, the goat, had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
But, the he-goat, shewed himself very great, - and, when he had become mighty, the great horn, was broken in pieces, and there came up afterwards four, in its stead, towards the four winds of the heavens;
and, the he-goat, is the king of Greece, - and, the great horn which was between his eyes, the same, is the first king.
And there will be gathered before him, all the nations, and he will separate them one from another, just as, the shepherd! separateth the sheep from the goats, -
And there will be gathered before him, all the nations, and he will separate them one from another, just as, the shepherd! separateth the sheep from the goats, - And he will set, the sheep, indeed, on his right hand, but, the goats, on the left.
Nor yet through blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood he entered once for all into the Holy place, age-abiding redemption discovering. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the profaned, halloweth unto the purity of the flesh,
For, when every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses unto all the people, taking the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, both, the scroll itself, and all the people, he sprinkled;
For it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to be taking away sins.
Morish
The well-known animal, regarded as clean under the Levitical economy, and having a large place in the sacrifices. Goats formed an important item in the property of the patriarchs. In Daniel's prophecy of the kingdoms, that of Greece was compared to a 'rough he goat,' but with a notable horn between his eyes. 8/5/type/emb'>Da 8:5,8,21. The goats, in the sessional judgement of the living nations, represent the lost, in contrast to the saved, who are compared to sheep. Mt 25:32-33. THE WILD GOATS were larger animals and lived on the mountains. 1Sa 24:2; Job 39:1; Ps 104:18.
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Then Saul took three thousand chosen men, out of all Israel, - and went to seek David and his men, over the face of the rocks of the mountain-goats.
Knowest thou the season when the Wild Goats of the crags beget? The bringing forth of the hinds, canst thou observe?
The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.
Now, I, was observing, when lo! a he-goat, coming in out of the west, over the face of all the earth, but it meddled not with the earth, - and, the goat, had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
But, the he-goat, shewed himself very great, - and, when he had become mighty, the great horn, was broken in pieces, and there came up afterwards four, in its stead, towards the four winds of the heavens;
and, the he-goat, is the king of Greece, - and, the great horn which was between his eyes, the same, is the first king.
And there will be gathered before him, all the nations, and he will separate them one from another, just as, the shepherd! separateth the sheep from the goats, - And he will set, the sheep, indeed, on his right hand, but, the goats, on the left.
Smith
Goat.
There appear to be two or three varieties of the common goat, Hircus agagrus, at present bred in Palestine and Syria, but whether they are identical with those which were reared by the ancient Hebrews it is not possible to say. The most marked varieties are the Syrian goat(Capra mammorica, Linn.) and the Angora goat (Capra angorensis, Linn.), with fine long hair. As to the "wild goats,"
it is not at all improbable that some species of ibex is denoted.
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Then Saul took three thousand chosen men, out of all Israel, - and went to seek David and his men, over the face of the rocks of the mountain-goats.
Knowest thou the season when the Wild Goats of the crags beget? The bringing forth of the hinds, canst thou observe?
The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.
Watsons
GOAT, ??. There are other names or appellations given to the goat, as,
1. ?????, 1Ki 20:27, which means the ram-goat, or leader of the flock.
2. ??????, a word which never occurs but in the plural, and means, the best prepared, or choicest of the flock; and metaphorically princes, as, Zec 10:3, "I will visit the goats, saith the Lord," that is, I will begin my vengeance with the princes of the people. "Hell from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the great goats of the earth," Isa 14:9; all the kings, all the great men. And Jeremiah, speaking of the princes of the Jews, says, "Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and be as the he-goats before the flocks," Jer 1; 8.
3. ????, a name for the goat, of Chaldee origin, and found only in Ezr 6:17; 8:35; Da 8:5,21.
4. ?????, from ??, a goat, and ???, to wander about, Le 16:8, "the scape-goat."
5. ???, hairy, or shaggy, whence ??????, "the shaggy ones." In Le 17:7, it is said, "And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils," (seirim, "hairy ones,") "after whom they have gone a whoring." The word here means idolatrous images of goats, worshipped by the Egyptians. It is the same word that is translated satyrs, in Isa 13:21; where the LXX render it ????????, demons. But here they have ????????, to vain things or idols, which comes to the same sense. What gives light to so obscure a passage is what we read in Maimonides, that the Zabian idolaters worshipped demons under the figure of goats, imagining them to appear in that form, whence they called them by the names of seirim; and that this custom, being spread among other nations, gave occasion to this precept. In like manner we learn from Herodotus, that the Egyptians of Mendes held goats to be sacred animals, and represented the god Pan with the legs and head of that animal. From those ancient idolaters the same notion seems to have been derived by the Greeks and Romans, who represented their Pan, their fauns, satyrs, and other idols, in the form of goats: from all which it is highly probable, that the Israelites had learned in Egypt to worship certain demons, or sylvan deities, under the symbolical figure of goats. Though the phrase, "after whom they have gone a whoring," is equivalent in Scripture to that of committing idolatry, yet we are not to suppose that it is not to be taken in a literal sense in many places, even where it is used in connection with idolatrous acts of worship. It is well known that Baal-peor and Ashtaroth were worshipped with unclean rites, and that public prostitution formed a grand part of the worship of many deities among the Egyptians, Moabites, Canaanites, &c.
The goat was one of the clean beasts which the Israelites might both eat and offer in sacrifice. The kid, ???, is often mentioned as a food, in a way that implies that it was considered as a delicacy. The ???, or wild goat, mentioned De 14:5, and no where else in the Hebrew Bible, is supposed to be the tragelaphus, or "goat-deer." Schultens conjectures that this animal might have its name, ob fugacitatem, from its shyness, or running away. The word ???, occurs 1Sa 24:3; Job 39:1;
Ps 104:18; Pr 5:19: and various have been the sentiments of interpreters on the animal intended by it. Bochart insists that it is the ibex, or "rock-goat." The root whence the name is derived, signifies to ascend, to mount; and the ibex is famous for clambering, climbing, and leaping, on the most craggy precipices. The Arab writers attribute to the jaal very long horns, bending backward; consequently it cannot be the chamois. The horns of the jaal are reckoned among the valuable articles of traffic, Eze 27:15. The ibex is finely shaped, graceful in its motions, and gentle in its manners. The female is particularly celebrated by natural historians for tender affection to her young, and the incessant vigilance with which she watches over their safety; and also for ardent attachment and fidelity to her mate.
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And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, - one lot for Yahweh, and one lot for Azazel.
so shall they no more offer their sacrifices unto demons after whom they are unchastely going away, - a statute age-abiding, shall this be to them unto their generations.
the hart and the gazelle and the roebuck, - and the wild goat and the mountain goat, and the wild ox, and the mountain sheep.
And he came into the sheep-folds by the way, there, being a cave, which Saul entered, to cover his feet, - David and his men, in the hinder part of the cave, having taken up their abode.
and, the sons of Israel, were numbered, and provisioned, and went to meet them, - and the sons of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, whereas, the Syrians, filled the land.
and offered, for the dedication of this house of God, bullocks, one hundred, rams, two hundred, lambs, four hundred, - and, he-goats, as a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
They who came in out of the captivity, Sons of the Exile, offered as ascending-sacrifices unto the God of Israel - bullocks twelve for all Israel, rams ninety-six, young sheep seventy-seven, he-goats for bearing sin, twelve, - the whole, as an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh.
Knowest thou the season when the Wild Goats of the crags beget? The bringing forth of the hinds, canst thou observe?
The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.
A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore.
Then shall lie down there, wild beasts, And filled shall be their houses with owls, - Then shall inhabit there, the ostrich, And shaggy creatures, shall dance there.
Hades beneath, is excited about thee To meet thine arrival, - Rousing up, for thee Shades, All the he-goats of earth! Maketh rise from their thrones, All the kings of the nations.
the sons of Dedan were merchants of thine, Many, isles, took the merchandise of thy hand, - Horns of ivory and ebony, gave they back to thee in exchange:
Now, I, was observing, when lo! a he-goat, coming in out of the west, over the face of all the earth, but it meddled not with the earth, - and, the goat, had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
and, the he-goat, is the king of Greece, - and, the great horn which was between his eyes, the same, is the first king.
Against the shepherds, is kindled mine anger, and, upon the leaders of the flock, will I bring punishment, - for Yahweh of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his noble horse in battle: