Two Goats (The Day of Atonement Part 2)

Of the offerings made on the Day of Atonement, the most significant was the sin offering.  Leviticus 16:5 says the high priest was “to take from the Israelite community two male goats for a sin offering….”  Note that both goats constituted a single sin offering.  Lots were cast for the goats: “one lot for the…