...live goat, and confess over him all the sina of the children of Israel, and all their transgression in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, which was then sent away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness. Thus this goat bore away all...

...improvement and happiness ? Secondly. The scape-goat also bore the iniquities of the Israelites : " Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the...confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, — putting them upon the head of 'the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man...

...the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, be shall bring the Mve goat : 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess отег him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their...

...laying on of the hand, is that of the scapegoat; respecting which Moses commanded, that " Aaron should lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat,...their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat."* But this goat, being thus representatively loaded with sins, was considered a* unclean, and instead...

...and upon which never came yoke." 2 Fall upon thai head.'} — See Leviticus, chap. xvi. ver. £1. " And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of...children of Israel, and all their transgressions, put. ting them upon the head of the goat. " they afterwards cut off the legs, the shoulders, the neck,...

...by the appointment of the scapegoat, upon whose head the priest laid his hands, while he confessed over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel,...sins; putting them upon the head of the goat, and then sending him away into the wilderness, to bear them out of sight and into oblivion. What was annually...

...atonement 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...goat; and confess over him all the iniquities of the people of Israel, all their transgressions and all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head...

...in the Old Testament is indicated by the rite that gives its name to the scapegoat mechanism itself: "Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the...goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head...

...finished purging the Shrine, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, the live goat shall be brought forward. Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and transgressions of the Israelites, whatever their sins, putting them on the...

...following passage from Leviticus is recited in traditional Yom Kippur morning services to this day. "Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and transgressions of the Israelites, whatever their sins, putting them on the...