In the Old Testament, two goats were offered during the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16). The sinner was commanded by the Lord through Moses that he should bring his best and blemishless goat from his herd to give it as an offering for his sins. The sinner would identify with the ‘sacrificial goat’, whose blood was for the remission of his sins. In the New Testament, we identify with Jesus the Lamb of God for the remission of our sins!