2 Chronicles 29:23

They brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid 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 killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

24Then the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on 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 1:4He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 4:15The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD; and the bull shall be killed before the LORD.

Leviticus 4:29He shall lay his hand on 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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