You may choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a one-year-old male without any defects.

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

The passage of scripture which he was reading was this: "He was like a sheep that is taken to be slaughtered, like a lamb that makes no sound when its wool is cut off. He did not say a word.

it was the costly sacrifice of Christ, who was like a lamb without defect or flaw.

Then I saw a Lamb standing in the center of the throne, surrounded by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb appeared to have been killed. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God that have been sent through the whole earth.