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Saturday, August 2nd, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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2 Chronicles 29:23

Then the priests brought the male goats in front of the king, and the people gathered together. The goats were the sin offering. The priests put their hands on the goats and killed the goats. They made a sin offering with the goats' blood on the altar. They did this so that God would forgive the sins of the Israelites. The king said that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all the Israelites.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Asaph;   Levites;   Thompson Chain Reference - Animals;   Goats;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Sin-Offering;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Goat;   Hezekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Laying on of Hands;   Music, Instruments, Dancing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ban;   Hezekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hand;   Hezekiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then they brought the goats for the sin offering right into the presence of the king and the congregation, who laid their hands on them.
Hebrew Names Version
They brought near the male goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them:
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:
English Standard Version
Then the goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them,
New Century Version
Then the priests brought the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the people there. After the king and the people put their hands on the goats,
New English Translation
Finally they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they placed their hands on them.
Amplified Bible
Then they brought the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them [to symbolize the transference of their sin].
New American Standard Bible
Then they brought the male goats of the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.
World English Bible
They brought near the male goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then they brought the hee goates for the sinne offring before the King and the Congregation, and they layde their hands vpon them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then they had the male goats of the sin offering approach before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.
Berean Standard Bible
Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.
Contemporary English Version
They took the goats to Hezekiah and the worshipers, and they laid their hands on the animals.
Complete Jewish Bible
After bringing the male goats for the sin offering close to the king and the assembly and laying their hands on them,
Darby Translation
And they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them.
George Lamsa Translation
And to bring forth the he-goats before the LORD and before the king and before the congregation of Israel, and to lay hands upon them;
Good News Translation
Finally they took the goats to the king and to the other worshipers, who laid their hands on them.
Lexham English Bible
Then they brought the goats of the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid hands upon them.
Literal Translation
And they brought the he-goats of the sin offering before the king and the congregation, and they laid their hands on them;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye goates to ye synofferynge brought they before the kynge and the congregacio, and layed their handes vpon them:
American Standard Version
And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
Bible in Basic English
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:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And then they brought foorth the hee goates for the sinne offering before the king and the congregation, & put their handes vpon them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the congregation, and they laid their hands upon them;
King James Version (1611)
And they brought foorth the hee goats for the sinne offering, before the king and the congregation, and laide their hands vpon them:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they brought the goats for a sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and laid their hands upon them.
English Revised Version
And they brought near the he–goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei brouyten buckis of geet `for synne bifor the kyng and al the multitude, and thei settiden her hondis on tho;
Update Bible Version
And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them:
Webster's Bible Translation
And they brought forth the he-goats [for] the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
New King James Version
Then they brought out the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.
New Living Translation
The male goats for the sin offering were then brought before the king and the assembly of people, who laid their hands on them.
New Life Bible
Then they brought the male goats of the sin gift in front of the king and the people. They laid their hands on them.
New Revised Standard
Then the male goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly; they laid their hands on them,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they brought near the he-goats for bearing sin, before the king, and the convocation, - and they leaned their hands upon them;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they brought the he goats for sin before the king, and the whole multitude, and they laid their hand upon them:
Revised Standard Version
Then the he-goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands upon them,
Young's Literal Translation
and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then they brought the male goats of the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.

Contextual Overview

20 King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the Temple of the Lord early the next morning. 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven young male goats. These animals were for a sin offering for the kingdom of Judah, for the Holy Place to make it clean, and for the people of Judah. King Hezekiah commanded the priests who were descendants of Aaron to offer these animals on the Lord 's altar. 22 So the priests killed the bulls and kept the blood. Then they sprinkled the bulls' blood on the altar. Then they killed the rams and sprinkled the rams' blood on the altar. Then they killed the lambs and sprinkled the lambs' blood on the altar. 23Then the priests brought the male goats in front of the king, and the people gathered together. The goats were the sin offering. The priests put their hands on the goats and killed the goats. They made a sin offering with the goats' blood on the altar. They did this so that God would forgive the sins of the Israelites. The king said that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all the Israelites. 25 King Hezekiah put the Levites in the Lord 's Temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres as David, Gad, the king's seer, and the prophet Nathan had commanded. This command came from the Lord through his prophets. 26 So the Levites stood ready with David's instruments of music, and the priests stood ready with their trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, singing to the Lord also began. The trumpets were blown, and the instruments of David king of Israel were played. 28 All the assembly bowed down, the musicians sang, and the trumpet players blew their trumpets until the burnt offering was finished. 29 After the sacrifices were finished, King Hezekiah and all the people with him bowed down and worshiped. 30 King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to give praise to the Lord . They sang songs that David and Asaph the seer had written. They praised God and became happy. They all bowed and worshiped God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

forth: Heb. near

they laid: Leviticus 1:4, Leviticus 4:15, Leviticus 4:24

Reciprocal: Joel 2:16 - sanctify

Cross-References

Genesis 24:65
She said to the servant, "Who is that young man walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "That is my master's son." So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.
Genesis 29:14
Then Laban said, "This is wonderful! You are from my own family." So Jacob stayed with Laban for a month.
Genesis 29:15
One day Laban said to Jacob, "You are a relative of mine. It is not right for you to continue working for me without pay. What should I pay you?"
Micah 7:5
Don't trust your neighbor or trust a friend! Don't even speak freely with your wife.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation,.... Which were to make atonement for the sins of both:

and they laid their hands on them; signifying thereby that they were vicarious sacrifices to be offered up in their own room and stead, and that they deserved to die, as these creatures would: transferring as it were hereby their sins unto them, for which they were to be sacrificed, and to make atonement, as an emblem of the imputation of the sins of the Lord's people to Christ, sacrificed in their stead.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The he goats for the sin offering - Rather, “the he goats of the sin offering” - that portion of the Sin offering which had been reserved to the last.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 29:23. They laid their hands upon them — That is, they confessed their sin; and as they had by their transgression forfeited their lives, they now offer these animals to die as vicarious offerings, their life being taken for the life of their owners.


 
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