diff --git a/content/other/goat.md b/content/other/goat.md index 0b224a91..b664084a 100644 --- a/content/other/goat.md +++ b/content/other/goat.md @@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ A goat is a medium-sized, four-legged animal which is similar to a sheep and is * Although goats and sheep can be very similar, these are some ways that they are different: * Goats have coarse hair; sheep have wool. * The tail of a goat stands up; the tail of a sheep hangs down. - * A sheep usually like to stay with their herd, but goats are more independent and tend to wander away from the herd. + * Sheep usually like to stay with their herd, but goats are more independent and tend to wander away from their herd. * In Bible times, goats were often the main source of milk in Israel. * Goat skins were used for tent coverings and to make bags for holding wine. -* In both the Old and New Testaments, the goat was used as a symbol for unrighteous people, perhaps because of their tendency to wander away from the one taking care of them. -* The Israelites also used goats as symbolic sin bearers. When one goat was sacrificed, the priest would lay his hands on a second live goat and send it into the desert as a symbol of the animal bearing the people's sins. +* In both the Old and New Testaments, the goat was used as a symbol for unrighteous people, perhaps because of its tendency to wander away from the one taking care of it. +* The Israelites also used goats as symbolic sin bearers. When one goat was sacrificed, the priest would lay his hands on a second, live goat, and send it into the desert as a symbol that the animal was bearing the people's sins. (See also: [flock](../other/flock.md) **·** [sacrifice](../other/sacrifice.md) **·** [sheep](../other/sheep.md) **·** [unrighteous](../kt/unrighteous.md) **·** [wine](../other/wine.md))