Cyril of Alexandria, on Hos 4:8

“They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.”

“They used to sacrifice goats for sin; for this reason the sacrifice was called sin. By offering a goat on the altar, the priests at the right time used to bring the intestines and the lard, and they ate the rest. This was ordered by the divine law. … "They eat the sins of my people" means they eat the offerings brought for sins.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.