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Rams or lambs were sacrificed to redeem the firstborn of animals and humans, to make atonement for sin, as God told Moses to do in Exodus 12:29. The jubilee was proclaimed by the sound of a ram's horn on the Day of Atonement. Amenhotep IV or [[Akhenaton]] introduced the worship of Aten - Aton, the sun's disc itself, identifying it as Amun-Ra. Atone comes from the words at + one, the word resembles Aton.<ref>[http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Aries.html Constellations of Words]</ref> | Rams or lambs were sacrificed to redeem the firstborn of animals and humans, to make atonement for sin, as God told Moses to do in Exodus 12:29. The jubilee was proclaimed by the sound of a ram's horn on the Day of Atonement. Amenhotep IV or [[Akhenaton]] introduced the worship of Aten - Aton, the sun's disc itself, identifying it as Amun-Ra. Atone comes from the words at + one, the word resembles Aton.<ref>[http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Aries.html Constellations of Words]</ref> | ||
==Galactic Zodiac== | ==Galactic Zodiac== | ||