Goat, scapegoat, and separation imagery uses goats, he-goats, the wilderness scapegoat, and sheep-goat separation to describe sin-bearing, sacrificial limitation, worldly power, and final division in judgment.
Goat, scapegoat, and separation imagery uses goats, he-goats, the wilderness scapegoat, and sheep-goat separation to describe sin-bearing, sacrificial limitation, worldly power, and final division in judgment.
A sin-bearing-and-separation motif in which goat imagery may function in sacrificial rites, the removal of uncleanness, symbolic kingdom conflict, or eschatological separation between the righteous and the wicked.
These examples show how Goat, Scapegoat, and Separation Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
the goat... for a sin offering
The goat participates in sacrificial imagery for guilt and atonement.
one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat
The two goats distinguish sacrifice before God from removal into the wilderness.
putting them upon the head of the goat
The scapegoat images sin confessed and transferred for removal.
the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities
The goat’s bearing away of sin gives visible form to removal of guilt.
nor he goats out of thy folds
Goat-sacrifice language exposes that God is not dependent on ritual supply.
an he goat came from the west
The he-goat becomes a symbolic figure for imperial power and speed.
the rough goat is the king of Grecia
The vision interprets the goat as a kingdom ruler.
he shall separate them one from another
Sheep-goat imagery frames final judicial separation.
the goats on the left
The goats mark the condemned side of the judgment scene.
blood of bulls and of goats
Goat sacrifices show the limitation of repeated animal offerings apart from Christ.
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