Scapegoat

Scapegoat

Lev 16:6 "Aaron is to offer the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household. 7 Then he is to take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 8 He is to cast lots for the two goats — one lot for the Lord and the other for the scapegoat. 9 Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the Lord and sacrifice it for a sin offering. 10 But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord to be used for making atonement by sending it into the desert as a scapegoat.


Lev 16:15 "He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did with the bull's blood: He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it. 16 In this way he will make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting, which is among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 No one is to be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he comes out, having made atonement for himself, his household and the whole community of Israel.

18 "Then he shall come out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He shall take some of the bull's blood and some of the goat's blood and put it on all the horns of the altar. 19 He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and to consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

20 "When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat. 21 He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites — all their sins — and put them on the goat's head. He shall send the goat away into the desert in the care of a man appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary place; and the man shall release it in the desert. 


The Scapegoat is a shadow pointing to the work of the Messiah. 

The “Lot” fell on Barabbas to be released from Prison.


Matt 27:15 Now it was the governor's custom at the Feast to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. 16 At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. 17 So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" 18 For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him. 

19 While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: "Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him." 

20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed. 

21 "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" asked the governor.

"Barabbas," they answered. 

22 "What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?" Pilate asked.

They all answered, "Crucify him!" 

23 "Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate.

But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!" 

24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your responsibility!" 

25 All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!" 

26 Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified. 


Barabbas comes from the Hebrew, transliterated into English

Hebrew Ben transliterated into Ben (Son)

Hebrew Av/Ab (Abba - Aramaic)transliterated Abba (Father)


NT:912 Barabbas (bar-ab-bas'); of Aramaic origin [OT:1347 and OT:5]; son of Abba; Bar-abbas, an Israelite


Gen 11:31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan.


Son: OT:1121 ben (bane); from OT:1129; a son


Gen 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother…


Father: OT:1 'ab (awb); a primitive word; father, 


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