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The well-known animal, regarded as clean under the Levitical economy, and having a large place in the sacrifices. Goats formed an important item in the property of the patriarchs. In Daniel's prophecy of the kingdoms, that of Greece was compared to a 'rough he goat,' but with a notable horn between his eyes. Dan. 8: 5, 8, 21. The goats, in the sessional judgement of the living nations, represent the lost, in contrast to the saved, who are compared to sheep. Matt. 25: 32, 33. THE WILD GOATS were larger animals and lived on the mountains. 1 Sam. 24: 2; Job 39: 1; Ps. 104: 18.