Regardless of Jewish folklore, or what translators think the Hebrew suggests, the live goat could not possibly represent a gift or offering that was sent to Satan or one of his minions. Not only is sacrificing to demons directly prohibited in the very next chapter, but God says right in the covenant not to even mention the names of other gods, and the Amplified Bible suggests, either in blessing or cursing (Exodus 23:13). Later, God tells Israel to destroy the names of false gods wherever they are found. Yet these translators think the Holy God enshrined the name of a false god within this solemn day as the object of a sacrificial animal, and a name that came from folklore that was not recorded until 1,000 years later.
