2 Chronicles 29:23

And they brought the he goats for sin before the king, and the whole multitude, and they laid their hand upon them:

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

22Therefore they killed the bullocks, and the priests took the blood, and poured it upon the altar; they killed also the rams, and their blood they poured also upon the altar, and they killed the lambs, and poured the blood upon the altar.

24And the priests immolated them, and sprinkled their blood before the altar for an expiation of all Israel: for the king had commanded that the holocaust and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

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Cross References

Leviticus 1:4And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim, and it shall be acceptable, and help to its expiation.

Leviticus 4:15And the ancients of the people shall put their hands upon the head thereof before the Lord. And the calf being immolated in the sight of the Lord,

Leviticus 4:29And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim that is for sin, and shall immolate it in the place of the holocaust.

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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