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Quotes: 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 Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat [...] 6 Views


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