"And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness." Leviticus 16:21I had no idea where the idea of a scapegoat really came from. I also didn't realize that the poor goat, in illo tempore, was carrying so much on his head. Poor little guy running around in the wilderness, burdened with the sins of thousands of people. It makes sense though, since the scapegoat really does cover just about every iniquity, so why not the sins of the chosen people?
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