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the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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2 Chronicles 29:23

Finally they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they placed their hands on them.

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,
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
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 Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord 's temple. 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. The king told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord . 22 They slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it on the altar. Then they slaughtered the rams and splashed the blood on the altar; next they slaughtered the lambs and splashed the blood on the altar. 23 Finally they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they placed their hands on them. 24 Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had decreed that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel. 25 King Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord 's temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king's prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.) 26 The Levites had David's musical instruments and the priests had trumpets. 27 Hezekiah ordered the burnt sacrifice to be offered on the altar. As they began to offer the sacrifice, they also began to sing to the Lord , accompanied by the trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel. 28 The entire assembly worshiped, as the singers sang and the trumpeters played. They continued until the burnt sacrifice was completed. 29 When the sacrifices were completed, the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped.

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
and asked Abraham's servant, "Who is that man walking in the field toward us?" "That is my master," the servant replied. So she took her veil and covered herself.
Genesis 29:14
Then Laban said to him, "You are indeed my own flesh and blood." So Jacob stayed with him for a month.
Genesis 29:15
Then Laban said to Jacob, "Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be."
Micah 7:5
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!

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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