2 Chronicles 29:23

And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly. And they laid their hands upon them,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

In Context

22So they killed the bullocks. And the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar. And they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar. They also killed the lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

24and the priests killed them. And they made a sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded [that] the burnt-offering and the sin-offering [should be made] for all Israel.

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Cross References

Leviticus 1:4And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 4:15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before LORD, and the bullock shall be killed before LORD.

Leviticus 4:29And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 29:21-36

Hezekiah's Sacrifice. ( b. c. 726.) 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord . 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord . 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they… Read the whole commentary →

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