So the Lord said to him, ‘Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.’

He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.

Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats, so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father, such as he loves.

Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, ‘But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin.

But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins.

And the skins of the young goats she put on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

He did not recognise him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him.

And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-coloured lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages.

let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb, and the spotted and speckled among the goats, and they shall be my wages.

And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-coloured, will be considered stolen.’

So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.”

That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-coloured lambs, and he placed them in the care of his sons.

But that day Laban removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every lamb that was black, and put them in the charge of his sons.

‘In the breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted.

In the breeding season of the flock I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream that the goats that mated with the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled.

And he said, “Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.

And he said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see, all the goats that mate with the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

‘I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.

These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten the rams of your flocks.

two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.

Then they took Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.

‘I’ll send you a young goat from my flock,’ he said.

‘Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?’ she asked.

He answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “If you give me a pledge, until you send it—”

Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her.

When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her.

Then Judah said, ‘Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughing-stock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn’t find her.’

And Judah replied, “Let her keep the things as her own, or we shall be laughed at. You see, I sent this young goat, and you did not find her.”

The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,

‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.

‘Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

“The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God.

“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair;

blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats’ hair,

‘Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle – eleven altogether.

“You shall also make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make.

‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.

‘Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.’

The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair;

blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats’ hair,

Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or other durable leather brought them.

And every one who possessed blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or goatskins brought them.

And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair.

All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats’ hair.

They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle – eleven altogether.

He also made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains.

‘“If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.

“If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish,

‘“If your offering is a goat, you are to present it before the Lord,

“If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord

and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect.

or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish,

He is to lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord. It is a sin offering.

and shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering.

and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect.

or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.

As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering ; and the priest shall make atonement for them for their sin.

he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.

‘Say to the Israelites: “Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats.

“Speak to the people of Israel, saying You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat.

Then say to the Israelites: “Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb – both a year old and without defect – for a burnt offering,

And say to the people of Israel, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering,

Aaron then brought the offering that was for the people. He took the goat for the people’s sin offering and slaughtered it and offered it for a sin offering as he did with the first one.

Then he presented the people’s offering and took the goat of the sin offering that was for the people and killed it and offered it as a sin offering, like the first one.

When Moses enquired about the goat of the sin offering and found that it had been burned, he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,

Now Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it was burned up! And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the surviving sons of Aaron, saying,

From the Israelite community he is to take two male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

And he shall take from the congregation of the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

Then he is to take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Then he shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

He is to cast lots for the two goats – one lot for the Lord and the other for the scapegoat.

And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel.

Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the Lord and sacrifice it for a sin offering.

And Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord and use it as a sin offering,

But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord to be used for making atonement by sending it into the wilderness as a scapegoat.

but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel.

‘He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did with the bull’s blood: he shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it.

“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it over the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat.

‘Then he shall come out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He shall take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.

Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar all around.

‘When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat.

“And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat.

He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites – all their sins – and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task.

And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins. And he shall put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.

The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.

The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.

‘The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterwards he may come into the camp.

And he who lets the goat go to Azazel shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

The bull and the goat for the sin offerings, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; their hides, flesh and intestines are to be burned.

And the bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried outside the camp. Their skin and their flesh and their dung shall be burned up with fire.

any Israelite who sacrifices an ox, a lamb or a goat in the camp or outside it

If any one of the house of Israel kills an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or kills it outside the camp,

They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols to whom they prostitute themselves. This is to be a lasting ordinance for them and for the generations to come.”

So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they whore. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.

you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.

if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a male without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats.

‘When a calf, a lamb or a goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the Lord.

“When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the Lord.

Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering.

And you shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of peace offerings.

one male goat for a sin offering ;

one male goat for a sin offering;

and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

one male goat for a sin offering;

one male goat for a sin offering;

and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.

one male goat for a sin offering;

one male goat for a sin offering;

and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.

one male goat for a sin offering;

one male goat for a sin offering;

and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.