Leviticus 17:7 (WEB)
They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.’
Fathers and councils · 2
Tertullian
“…introduction thither, there should there be celebrated sacrifices and holocausts, as well for sins as for souls; and nowhere else but in the holy land.” — editor's note: See Lev. xvii. 1–9; Deut. xii. 1–26.
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Clement of Alexandria
“It is therefore impious to desecrate the symbol of manhood, hairiness.” — editor's note: [On the other hand, this was Esau’s symbol; and the sensual “satyrs” (Isa. xiii. 2) are “hairy goats,” in the original. So also the originals of “devils” in…
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