Why Is Satan Depicted as a Goat?

Why Is Satan Depicted as a Goat?

Goats are stubborn. They like to do their own thing with no shepherd or farmer guiding them. All the goats my family had wore collars with bells on them, so we knew where they were. They liked being free to do their own thing. Herding them was close to impossible. So are these characteristics similar to Satan?

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“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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