KJV 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:
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2 Chronicles 29:23
And they brought forth the he goats [for] the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.
WEB 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:
ASV 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:
YLT 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;
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 29
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 had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
23 And they brought forth the he goats [for] the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded [that] the burnt offering and the sin offering [should be made] for all Israel.
25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for [so was] the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
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וַיַּגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙H5066 · na.gashto approach: approachאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׂעִירֵ֣יH8163 · sa.irhairyהַֽחַטָּ֔אתH2403 · chat.ta.ahsinלִפְנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוְהַקָּהָ֑לH6951 · qa.halassemblyוַיִּסְמְכ֥וּH5564 · sa.makhto supportיְדֵיהֶ֖םH3027 · yadhandעֲלֵיהֶֽם׃H5921 · alupon
Cross-references
Leviticus 4:15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.Leviticus 4:24And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it [is] a sin offering.Leviticus 1:4And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
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