Bible Atlas

symbol · Old Testament

The scapegoat

Leviticus 16

A second goat carries the confessed sins of Israel away into the wilderness.

Sacrifice

2 connections

Sacrifice

Direct

points forward to · two goats, one atonement

One goat dies and one is sent away — the price paid and the guilt carried off, two pictures of a single act.

Echo

points forward to · carried outside

Hebrews notes that Jesus suffered outside the gate, as the bodies of the atonement animals were burned outside the camp and the scapegoat driven out.