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What Does the Goat Mean in the Bible?
Goat = the mind's stubborn climbing appetite — desire that will not be led, but climbs anyway. The scapegoat carries off what the mind refuses to own.
How it shows up in the Bible
Two goats stand at the centre of the old ritual: one offered, one sent into the wilderness carrying what the people would not own. The scapegoat is not a metaphor for blame — it is a picture of a mind putting its own refused material onto something else and driving it off. Shepherds separate sheep from goats for the same reason: what follows and what will not be led.
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