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Devils (Jamieson, Fausset, & Brown, A Commentary, Critical and Explanatory, 1873, vol. 1)

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Type: a quote Sub-type:  historical fact Relevance:  prophecy Text:  "And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils [Heb.:  שָׂעִיר or  שָׂעִר; lit. he-goat ], after whom they have gone a whoring. ..." Leviticus 17:7 7. they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils — lit. , "goats." The prohibition evidently alludes to the worship of the hirci-footed kind, such as Pan, Faunus, and Saturn, whose recognized symbol was a goat. This was a form of idolatry enthusiastically practised by the Egyptians, particularly in the nome or province of Mendes. Pan was supposed especially to preside over mountainous and desert regions, and it was while they were in the wilderness the Israelites seem to have been powerfully influenced by a feeling to propitiate this idol. Moreover, the ceremonies observed in this idolatrous worship were extremely licentious and obscene, and the gross impurity of the rites gives great point and significance to the expressi...

Devils (Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890)

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Type: a quote Sub-type:  a word definition Relevance:  prophecy Text:  "And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils [Heb.:  שָׂעִיר or  שָׂעִר; lit. he-goat ], after whom they have gone a whoring. ..." Leviticus 17:7 8163.  שָׂעִיר  sâ`îyr , saw-eer’ ; or     שָׂעִר  sâ`îr , saw-eer’ ; from 8175; shaggy ; as noun, a he-goat ; by anal. a faun :—devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr. "שָׂעִיר" and "שָׂעִר," Strong, James, A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Hebrew Bible , p. 119 in … The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible , New York: Eaton & Mains; Cincinnati: Jennings & Graham, 1890. Online Source: https://archive.org/details/exhaustiveconcor1890stro Book Images:

The Goat (Goya, Witches' Sabbath or The Great He-Goat, 1821-3)

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Type: a quote Sub-type:  historical artifact with prophetic relevance (1821-3) Relevance:  prophecy Text:   "And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for Azazel [the scapegoat]. ... But the goat, on which the lot fell to be for Azazel [the scapegoat], shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for Azazel [a scapegoat] into the wilderness." Leviticus 16:8,10 "And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came... And he came to the ram ... and ran unto him in the fury of his power. And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand." Daniel 8:5-7 "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with hi...

The Goat (Goya, Witches' Sabbath, 1798)

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Type: a quote Sub-type:  historical artifact with prophetic relevance (1798) Relevance:  prophecy Text:   "And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for Azazel [the scapegoat]. ... But the goat, on which the lot fell to be for Azazel [the scapegoat], shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for Azazel [a scapegoat] into the wilderness." Leviticus 16:8,10 "And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came... And he came to the ram ... and ran unto him in the fury of his power. And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand." Daniel 8:5-7 "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him,...