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# A '''scapegoat''' is someone or something that assumes the guilt for another. | # A '''scapegoat''' is someone or something that assumes the guilt for another. | ||
| − | # '''(Leviticus 16:8-10 KJV)''' ''And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.'' | + | # '''(Leviticus 16:8-10 [[KJV|KJV]])''' ''And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.'' |
Revision as of 21:54, 9 July 2006
Definition
- A scapegoat is someone or something that assumes the guilt for another.
- (Leviticus 16:8-10 KJV) And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
