2 Chronicles 29:23

Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them:

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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 put the oxen to death and their blood was given to the priests to be drained out against the altar; then they put the male sheep to death, draining out their blood against the altar, and they put the lambs to death, draining out their blood against the altar.

24And the priests put them to death, and made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to take away the sin of all Israel: for the king gave orders that the burned offering and the sin-offering were for all Israel.

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Cross References

Leviticus 1:4And he is to put his hand on the head of the burned offering and it will be taken for him, to take away his sin.

Leviticus 4:15And let the chiefs of the people put their hands on its head before the Lord, and put the ox to death before the Lord.

Leviticus 4:29And he is to put his hand on the head of the sin-offering and put it to death in the place where they put to death the burned 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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