scapegoat

     

The scapegoat was a goat that was riven off into the wilderness as part of the ceremonies of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in Judaism during the times of the Temple in Jerusalem. The rite is described in Leviticus 16.

Trivia about scapegoat

  • This term for an innocent person who takes the blame for others comes to us from Leviticus
  • In ancient times on Yom Kippur, a priest laid the sins of the people upon an animal, leading to this term
  • Biblical blame bearer(9)

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