6 Bible Verses about Scapegoat
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And he shall take the two goats, and set them before LORD at the door of the tent of meeting. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for LORD, and offer him for a sin-offering.read more.
But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall be set alive before LORD, to make atonement for him, to send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness.
And he who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. Yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
On the morrow John sees Jesus coming to him, and he says, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
For the man who knew no sin was made sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
But Christ, having arrived a high priest of the good things that are coming, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, he entered in once into the Holy things, having found eternal redemption. For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling those who were defiled, sanctifies for the purification of the flesh,read more.
how much more the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself unblemished to God, will cleanse your conscience from dead works in order to serve a living God?
From Thematic Bible
Scapegoat » Part of the sin offering on the day of atonement
And he shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.
And he shall take the two goats, and set them before LORD at the door of the tent of meeting.
Scapegoat » Sent into the wilderness by the hands of a fit person
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins. And he shall put them upon the head of the goat, a And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a solitary land. And he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
Scapegoat » Communicated uncleanness to » The man who lead him away
And he who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
Scapegoat » Communicated uncleanness to » The high priest
And he shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.
Scapegoat » Chosen by lot
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
Scapegoat » Typical of Christ
All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way, and LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Types of Christ » Scapegoat
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors. Yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercessi
All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way, and LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
And when he has made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat. And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins. And he shall put them upon the head of the goat, a And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a solitary land. And he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
