The Old Testament gives us another picture of Redemption. It is the one of the scapegoat.

Israel had sinned and that sin had to be judged. But God didn't want them to suffer judgment. He wanted them to receive mercy. So He told them to find a spotless, perfect goat and have Aaron the priest lay hands on it and confess their sins over it.

The judgment belonging to them, fell on that scapegoat. God allowed the sins of the people to be transferred to the goat, and the goat bore them and carried them away.