There are so many sayings that we say today that I have no idea where they came from. Today, I discovered where the word scapegoat came from and what it originally meant.
I was reading the old testament where God was telling Moses how to keep the Israelites clean and holy. A portion included when God was giving instructions on how to take a goat and place all the sins of the people on it, and send it away from the Israelites.
The goat allowed their sins to literally be taken away through a scapegoat.
* I hope my summery with lack of details does not insult those who can recall the details of this story better.
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