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160. The Victim's Head

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible

By: James M. Freeman

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Leviticus 16:21

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Leviticus 16:21²¹And 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, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: (Leviticus 16:21). Both his hands upon the head of the live goat.

It was customary among the Egyptians for the person offering sacrifice to wish that all evil might be kept from him and fall on the head of his victim. For this reason the Egyptians would not eat the head of any animal, but sold it to the Greeks or else threw it into the river.

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• 154. The Trespass Offering

• 155. Oven Frying - Pan Pan

• 156. The Peace Offering

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• 158. Ranges

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• 160. The Victim's Head

• 161. The Great Day of Atonement

• 162. Goat Worship

• 163. Molech

• 164. Fruit of Young Trees Forbidden

• 165. Idolatrous Use of Hair

• 166. Memorial Cuttings - Tattooing

• 167. The Hin

• 168. Forbidden Food

• 169. Drink Offerings

• 170. The Feast of Trumpets

• 171. The Sabbatical Year

• 172. The Year of Jubilee

• 173. Stone Idols

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• 175. Shekel - Gerah

• 176. The Tithing Rod

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• 178. The Levites

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