A goat, as in Daniel 8, signifies people who are in falsities of doctrine because they are in evils of life, and a ram signifies people who are in truths of doctrine because they are in goods of life.

(Referenser: Apocalypse Explained 734; Daniel 8:8, 8:21)

7915. 'And take for yourselves a member of the flock' means to receive the good of innocence. This is clear from the meaning of the Passover lamb, to which 'a member of the flock' refers here, as the good of innocence, dealt with in 3519, 3994, 7840.