Assertion: scapegoat | /r/CapableOf | bear the sins of the people
Facets:
value: into the land of separation
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: away with it
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: It left the fertile fields, and the babbling brooks of Israel, far behind: the distant heights of Carmel disappeared on the far-off horizon; before it, there opened up a boundless waste of desert sand, while the “fit man” trudged on relentlessly, farther, and farther, many a weary mile, and still the scapegoat followed him, bearing the sins of the people.
text: Since this goat, carrying the sins of the people placed on it, is sent away to perish, the word 'scapegoat' has come to mean a person, often innocent, who is blamed and punished for the sins, crimes, or sufferings of others, generally as a way of distracting attention from the real causes.
text: The scapegoat carried the sin of the people away with it, thereby cleansing Israel for another year.
text: And so the scapegoat bore the sins of the people into the land of separation.
text: Since this goat, carrying the sins of the people placed on it, is sent away to perish , the word "scapegoat" has come to mean a person, often innocent, who is blamed and punished for the sins, crimes, or sufferings of others, generally as a way of distracting attention from the real causes.