Thematic Bible: The young of
Thematic Bible
Goat » The young of » Offered at the passover
Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.
Josiah contributed to the lay people, to all who were present, flocks of lambs and young goats, all for the Passover offerings, numbering 30,000 plus 3,000 bulls; these were from the king’s possessions.
Goat » The young of » Offered in sacrifice
He shall also bring his guilt offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.
Goat » The young of » Given as a present
He said, therefore, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, moreover, “Will you give a pledge until you send it?”
But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat, and said, “I will go in to my wife in her room.” But her father did not let him enter.
Goat » The young of » Considered a delicacy
Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them.
Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, that I may prepare them as a savory dish for your father, such as he loves.
Goat » The young of » Fed near the shepherds' tents
Go forth on the trail of the flock
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.
Goat » The young of » Kept in small flocks
The sons of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the country.
Goat » The young of » Called kids
So they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;
Goat » The young of » Not to be seethed in milk of mother
“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God. “You are not to boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.