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Robin:
Leviticus 16:

9 Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the LORD and sacrifice it for a sin offering. 10 But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to be used for making atonement by sending it into the desert as a scapegoat.


Does anyone have any wisdom they can share with me about the scapegoat?

OBrenda:
You Got me M.G. ???
(To bad one of the smilelys wasn't scratching his head)
You got my interest up!

sansmile:
Great question,  me and hubby doing wee study on it now. YLT  calls it azazel  bty. Remembering that a scapegoat is usually an innocent party.?

God Bless
Sandie xxx

Stevernator:
Someone told me it was symbolic of Jesus fasting in the desert. Perhaps Jesus is our scapegoat?

Stevernator:
Well I don't usually go to wikipedia for scripture interpretation but here is what it says is the traditional Christian theology of it.

In Christian theology, the story of the scapegoat in Leviticus is interpreted as a symbolic prefiguration of the self-sacrifice of Jesus, who takes the sins of humanity on his own head, having been driven into the 'wilderness' outside the city by order of the high priests. Also see John 1:29 and Hebrews Chps. 9-10

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