The goat (Jamieson; Fausset; & Brown, A commentary, 1880, OT - vol. 1)

Text: "And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations." Leviticus 17:7

Quote:

[...] 7. they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devilslit., "goats." The prohibition evidently alludes to the worship of the hirei-footed kind such as Pan, Faunus and Saturn, whose recognized symbol was a goat. This was a form of idolatry enthusiastically practiced 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 expression of Moses, "they have gone a whoring." [...]

Jamieson, Robert; Fausset, Andrew Robert; Brown, David, A commentary: critical, practical and explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments, with a Bible dictionary, compiled from Dr. Wm. Smith's standard work, a copious index, chronological tables, maps and illustrations, New York; Chicago; Toronto: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1880, Old Testament - vol. 1 - Genesis-Psalms, p. 182.

Online Source: archive.org/details/commentarycritic18801jami

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