...scapegoats is one kind of rationalizing. An early example is vividly described in the Bible (Lev. 16:21):" And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of...transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat." This Biblical scapegoat was more fortunate than its successors; it was led away...

...into the wilderness" (16:10). Though the scapegoat was alive, it still bore the sins of the people, "And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head...transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: and the goat...

...And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him [for] a sin offering. 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head...transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send [him] away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 22 And the...

...in their place for the sin. The death and shed blood brought atonement from the sin. Leviticus 16:21 "And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head...transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: (22) And the...

...before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.31 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of...transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat...

...at the close of the Day of Atonement in the typical service in the sanctuary. "Aaron shall lay hoth his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess...transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away hy the hand of a fit man into the wilderness." Lev 16:21....

...celebrated instance of the scapegoat. This is how the Pentateuch describes the institution of the custom: And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of...the children of Israel and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the...

...be sacrificed. The priest would then lay his hands upon the head of the goat that was to be set free and "confess over him all the iniquities of the children...transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat." Then the goat was taken to a land that was uninhabited and released. The Lord commanded...

...live goat, was brought to the door of the Tabernacle, and Aaron was to lay both his hands on his head and "confess over him all the iniquities of the children...transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness" (Lev. 16:21...

...the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head...transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 22 And the...