Hegoats are demons in the Bible

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Chuckt

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Here is my Jewish brother's definition of Leviticus 17:

Leviticus 17:7, "so that they will no longer slaughter their meal
offerings for the hegoats after which, straying from Me, they
follow."

I assume that you are referring to the "hegoats" ? Some
translations use "satyrs". Hebrew is "sh'iyrim" can be translated
as demons Isa. 13:21, they would appear as goats to those who claimed
to see them. [Redak]

The preceding chapter speaks of a he-goat symbolizing a
sensuous animality which gratifies its instincts in complete
unrestraint and therefore belongs in the wilderness, not to
human society,which is based upon the Sanctuary of G-d's moral
law.
 
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Chuckt

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This represents everyone's idea of Demon Possession, right?
 
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Khnum (/kəˈnuːm/; also spelled Khnemu) was one of the earliest Egyptian deities, originally the god of the source of the Nile River. Since the annual flooding of the Nile brought with it silt and clay, and its water brought life to its surroundings, he was thought to be the creator of the bodies of human children, which he made at a potter's wheel, from clay, and placed in their mothers' wombs. He later was described as having moulded the other deities, and he had the titles Divine Potter and Lord of created things from himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khnum
 
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Miri

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Interesting.

The following bible translations might help, must say I've never noticed
this before. :)


Leviticus 17:7 NKJV
[7] They shall no more offer their sacrifices to demons, after whom they
have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout
their generations."'


Leviticus 17:7 NLT
[7] The people must no longer be unfaithful to the LORD by offering sacrifices
to the goat idols. This is a permanent law for them, to be observed from
generation to generation.


Leviticus 17:5-7 AMP
[5] This is so that the Israelites, rather than offer their sacrifices to idols in the
open field where they slew them, may bring them to the Lord at the door of the
Tent of Meeting, to the priest, to offer them as peace offerings to the Lord.
[6] And the priest shall dash the blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of
the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat for a sweet and satisfying fragrance to
the Lord. [7] So they shall no more offer their sacrifices to goatlike gods or
demons or field spirits after which they have played the harlot. This shall
be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.




But then is there any connection to the "scape goat". Presumably there is
as the scape goat was let loose to wonder the wilderness, while the other
goat was sacrificed as a sin offering. Maybe it was just logistics, goats were
in more supply than sheep? Just always wondered why it doesn't refer to
a "scape sheep".




Leviticus 16:7-10 NKJV
[7] He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the door
of the tabernacle of meeting. [8] Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats:
one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat. [9] And Aaron shall
bring the goat on which the LORD's lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering. [10]
But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive
before the LORD, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat
into the wilderness.
 

prove-all

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scapegoat?



Verse 5—“And he [Aaron, or the high priest] shall take of the congregation
of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering?.…”

Verse 6—The high priest offered a sin offering for himself and his house.

Verses 7 and 8—“And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats;
the one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat [margin, Hebrew, Azazel].”

the English word scapegoat signifies “one who bears blame or guilt for
But scapegoat is an English word, and is not a translation of the Hebrew word Azazel.

The word scapegoat, and the meaning attached to this English word, is not
a translation of the Hebrew word Azazel, it is not the word inspired originally.


“Azazel is understood to be the name of one of those malignant demons.”
 

wattie

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Is the goat-- a bronze idol statue? A figure of the Polytheism around during the time. This would make sense if there were multiple of them -- and also the association with fornication/deviant sexual acts. It would also fit with Israel's turning to idols at times instead of God.