The Scapegoat Quiz
Once a year the high priest laid the people's sins on a goat and sent it into the wilderness. See how much you remember about the Day of Atonement. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!
- On the Day of Atonement, how many goats were chosen?
- Two
- Five
- Ten
- Which high priest carried out the ritual?
- Moses
- Aaron
- Joshua
- What did the priest lay on the live goat's head?
- A crown
- His hands
- Gold
- What did the priest confess over the goat?
- A song
- The people's sins
- Nothing
- Where was the scapegoat sent?
- To Egypt
- To the temple
- Into the wilderness
- How often was the Day of Atonement held?
- Once a year
- Every day
- Every week
- Before helping the people, what did Aaron offer for his own sins?
- A bull
- A song
- Nothing
- What did the day do for the people?
- Made them rich
- Made them clean
- Nothing
- What was the goat 'for the LORD' used as?
- A pet
- A sin offering
- A guide
- What does the word 'scapegoat' mean today?
- A hero
- A king
- Someone blamed for others
The Scapegoat Quiz Answers & Bible References
Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.
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On the Day of Atonement, how many goats were chosen?
Two
And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 16:7 (KJV) -
Which high priest carried out the ritual?
Aaron
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
Leviticus 16:3 (KJV) -
What did the priest lay on the live goat's head?
His hands
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Leviticus 16:21 (KJV) -
What did the priest confess over the goat?
The people's sins
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Leviticus 16:21 (KJV) -
Where was the scapegoat sent?
Into the wilderness
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Leviticus 16:22 (KJV) -
How often was the Day of Atonement held?
Once a year
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 16:34 (KJV) -
Before helping the people, what did Aaron offer for his own sins?
A bull
And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
Leviticus 16:6 (KJV) -
What did the day do for the people?
Made them clean
For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
Leviticus 16:30 (KJV) -
What was the goat 'for the LORD' used as?
A sin offering
And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.
Leviticus 16:9 (KJV) -
What does the word 'scapegoat' mean today?
Someone blamed for others
But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
Leviticus 16:10 (KJV)