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What is the typological significance of the two goats in Leviticus 16? What does the LORD's goat represent vs. the scapegoat (Azazel)? How does this two-goat typology appear in the rest of Scripture?

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SCAPEGOAT

  • General scriptures concerning LEV 16:7-10,20-34

AZAZEL

  • The scapegoat LEV 16:8,10,26

ATONEMENT

  • For tabernacle and furniture LEV 16:15-20,33
  • In consummation of the Levites NUM 8:21
  • For those defiled by the dead NUM 6:11
  • Made for houses LEV 14:53
  • For sin, see below
  • By meat offerings LEV 5:11-13
  • By jewels NUM 31:50
  • By money EXO 30:12-16; LEV 5:15,16; 2KI 12:16
  • By incense NUM 16:46-50
  • By animals, see below
  • By Jesus, see below
  • DAY OF
  • Time of EXO 30:10; LEV 23:27; 25:9; NUM 29:7
  • How observed EXO 30:10; LEV 16:2-34; 23:27-32; NUM 29:7-11; ACT 27:9; HEB 5:3; 9:7,19,22
  • MADE BY ANIMAL SACRIFICES EXO 29:36; 30:12-16; LEV 1:4; 4:20,22-35; 5:6-10; 6:7; 9:7; 10:17; 12:6-8; 14:12-32; 16:6,10,11,15-19,24-34; 17:11; 19:22; NUM 15:22-28; 28:22,30; 29:5,10,11; HEB 9:22
  • MADE BY JESUS
  • Divinely ordained LUK 2:30,31; GAL 4:4,5; EPH 1:3-12,17-22; 2:4-10; COL 1:19,20; 1PE 1:20; REV 13:8
  • A mystery 1CO 2:7
  • With context 1PE 1:8-12
  • Made but once HEB 7:27; 9:24-28; 10:10,12,14; 1PE 3:18
  • Redemption by MAT 20:28; ACT 20:28; GAL 3:13; 1TI 2:6; HEB 9:12; REV 5:9
  • Typified GEN 4:4 with HEB 11:4; GEN 22:2 with HEB 11:17,19; EXO 12:5,11,14 with 1CO 5:7; EXO 24:8 with HEB 9:20; LEV 16:30,34 with HEB 9:7,12,28; LEV 17:11 with HEB 9:22
  • UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES PSA 40:6,7; ISA 53:4-12; DAN 9:24-27; ZEC 13:1; MAT 26:28; LUK 22:20; 24:46,47; JHN 1:29,36; 6:51; 11:49-51; ACT 17:2,3; 20:28; ROM 3:24-26; 4:25; 5:1,2,6-11,15-21; 1CO 1:17,18,23,24; 15:3; 2CO 5:18,19; GAL 1:3,4; 4:4,5; EPH 1:7; 2:13-18; 5:2,25; COL 1:14,19-22; 1TH 5:9,10; 1TI 2:5,6; TIT 2:14; HEB 1:3; 2:9,17; 9:12-15,25,26; 10:1-20; 12:24; 13:12,20,21; 1PE 1:18-20; 2:24; 3:18; 1JN 1:7; 2:2; 3:5; 4:10; 5:6; REV 1:5; 5:9; 7:14; 12:11

MERCY-SEAT

  • Description of EXO 25:17-22
  • Placed on the ark of the testimony EXO 26:34; 30:6; 31:7; 40:20; HEB 9:5
  • Materials of, to be a freewill offering EXO 35:4-12
  • Made by Bezaleel EXO 37:1,6-9
  • Sprinkled with blood LEV 16:14,15
  • The shekinah upon EXO 25:22; 30:6,36; LEV 16:2; NUM 7:89; 17:4; 1SA 4:4; 2SA 6:2; 2KI 19:15; 1CH 13:6; PSA 80:1; 99:1; ISA 37:16; HEB 4:16
  • In Solomon's temple 1CH 28:11

SATAN

  • Called Abaddon (Hebrew: Destroyer) REV 9:11
  • The accuser of our brethren REV 12:10
  • The adversary 1PE 5:8
  • The angel of the bottomless pit REV 9:11
  • Apollyon (Greek: Destroyer) REV 9:11
  • Beelzebul MAT 12:24; MRK 3:22; LUK 11:15
  • Belial 2CO 6:15
  • The Devil MAT 4:1; LUK 4:2,6; REV 20:2
  • Our common enemy MAT 13:39
  • Evil spirit 1SA 16:14
  • The father of all lies JHN 8:44
  • Gates of hell (Hades) MAT 16:18
  • Great red dragon REV 12:3
  • The liar JHN 8:44
  • Lying spirit 1KI 22:22
  • The murderer JHN 8:44
  • That old serpent REV 12:9; 20:2
  • The power of darkness COL 1:13
  • Prince of this world JHN 12:31; 14:30; 16:11
  • Prince of demons MAT 12:24
  • Prince of the power of the air EPH 2:2
  • Ruler of the darkness of this world EPH 6:12
  • Satan 1CH 21:1; JOB 1:6; JHN 13:27; ACT 5:3; 26:18; ROM 16:20
  • The serpent GEN 3:4,14; 2CO 11:3
  • The spirit that works in all disobedient people EPH 2:2
  • The Tempter MAT 4:3; 1TH 3:5
  • The god of this world 2CO 4:4
  • Unclean spirit MAT 12:43
  • The wicked one MAT 13:19,38
  • Kingdom of, to be destroyed 2SA 23:6,7; MAT 12:29; 13:30; LUK 11:21,22; 1JN 3:8
  • The synagogue of REV 2:9; 3:9
  • UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES GEN 3:1,4,5,14,15; 1CH 21:1; JOB 1:6,7,9-12; 2:3-7; 9:24; PSA 109:6; ZEC 3:1,2; MAT 4:1-11; 9:34; 13:19,38,39; 25:41; MRK 1:13; 3:22-26; 4:15; LUK 4:1-13; 8:12; 10:18; 11:15,18; 13:16; 22:31,53; JHN 8:38,41,44; 12:31; 13:2,27; 14:30; 16:11; ACT 5:3; 13:10; 26:18; ROM 16:20; 1CO 7:5; 2CO 2:11; 4:4; 11:3,14,15; 12:7; EPH 2:2; 4:27; 6:11-16; COL 1:13; 2:15; 1TH 2:18; 3:5; 2TH 2:9; 1TI 1:20; 3:6,7; 5:15; 2TI 2:26; HEB 2:14; JAS 4:7; 1PE 5:8,9; 2PE 2:4; 1JN 2:13; 3:8,10,12; 5:18; Jude 1:6-9; REV 2:9,10,13,24; 3:9; 9:11; 12:9-12; 20:1-3,7,8,10

PURIFICATION

  • (Sanitary and symbolical)
  • For women: Before marriage EST 2:12; After childbirth LEV 12:6-8; LUK 2:22; After menstruation LEV 15:19-33; 2SA 11:4
  • Of the Jews before the Passover celebration JHN 11:55
  • For those who had recently killed someone in battle NUM 31:19-24
  • Of Levites, see below
  • Of lepers: See LEPROSY
  • By fire, for things that resist fire NUM 31:23
  • By blood EXO 24:5-8; LEV 14:6,7; HEB 9:12-14,19-22
  • By abstaining from sexual intercourse EXO 19:15
  • Washing parts of animal sacrifices in water LEV 1:9,13; 9:14; 2CH 4:6
  • Penalty for non-observance LEV 7:20,21; NUM 19:13,20
  • Water of NUM 19:17-21; 31:23
  • Washing hands symbolical of innocency DEU 21:6; PSA 26:6; MAT 27:24
  • Traditions of elders MAT 15:2; MRK 7:2-5,8,9; LUK 11:38
  • FIGURATIVE PSA 26:6; 51:7; EZK 36:25; HEB 10:22
  • SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GEN 35:2; EXO 19:10,14; 29:4; 30:18-21; 40:12,30-32; LEV 8:6; 14:8,9; 15:4-13,16-27; 16:4,24,26,28; 17:15; 22:3; NUM 8:6,7,21; 19:7,8,19; 2CH 4:6; MAT 15:2; MRK 7:2-9; HEB 9:10

LEPROSY

  • Law concerning LEV 13; 14; 22:4; NUM 5:1-3; 12:14; DEU 24:8; MAT 8:4; LUK 5:14; 17:14
  • Sent as a judgment on Miriam NUM 12:1-10; Gehazi 2KI 5:27; Uzziah 2CH 26:20,21
  • Entailed 2KI 5:27
  • Isolation of lepers LEV 13:46; NUM 5:2; 12:14; 2KI 15:5; 2CH 26:21
  • Separate burial of 2CH 26:23
  • Instances: Four lepers outside Samaria 2KI 7:3; Azariah 2KI 15:5; Simon MRK 14:3
  • HEALED: Miriam NUM 12:13,14; Naaman 2KI 5:8-14; By Jesus MAT 8:3; MRK 1:40-42; LUK 5:13; 17:12-14; Disciples empowered to heal MAT 10:8

BARABBAS

  • A prisoner released by Pilate MAT 27:16-26; MRK 15:7-15; LUK 23:18-25; JHN 18:40; ACT 3:14

PIT

  • Benaiah kills a lion in 2SA 23:20
  • FIGURATIVE PSA 7:15,16; 40:2; 57:6; 69:15; 119:85; PRO 23:27; 26:27; 28:10; ECC 10:8; JER 48:44
  • The bottomless pit REV 9:1,2,11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1,3

GOAT

  • Designated as one of the ceremonially clean animals to be eaten DEU 14:4; with LEV 11:1-8
  • Used for food GEN 27:9; 1SA 16:20
  • For the paschal feast EXO 12:5; 2CH 35:7
  • As a sacrifice by Abraham GEN 15:9; By Gideon JDG 6:19; Manoah JDG 13:19
  • Milk of, used for food PRO 27:27
  • Hair of, used for clothing NUM 31:20; Pillows 1SA 19:13; Curtains of the tabernacle EXO 26:7; 35:23; 36:14
  • Not to be killed before eight days old LEV 22:27; Nor seethed in its mother's milk EXO 23:19
  • Numerous DEU 32:14; So 4:1; 6:5; 1SA 25:2; 2CH 17:11
  • Wild, in Palestine 1SA 24:2; PSA 104:18
  • SACRIFICES (cross-ref from ATONEMENT)
  • BLOOD (cross-ref from ATONEMENT, PURIFICATION)
  • REDEMPTION (cross-ref from ATONEMENT)
  • SALVATION, PLAN OF (cross-ref from ATONEMENT)
  • ABLUTION / DEFILEMENT / SANITATION (cross-ref from PURIFICATION)
  • TABERNACLES (cross-ref from GOAT)
  • DEMONS (cross-ref from SATAN)