faid, We have cleanſed all the houſe of che LORD,and the alcar of burnt-offering, with all the veſſels thereof, and the ſhew-bread table, with all the veſſels thereof. 19 Moreover, all the veſſels which king Ahaz in his reign did cait away in his tranſgrefſion,. have we pre- pared and ſandtifed, and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD. | 20 Then Hezekiah the kingaroſe early, and gather- ed the rulers of the. city, and went up to the houſe of the LORD» : 21 And they brought ſeven bullocks, and ſeven rams, Lev: 4 and ſeven lambs, and ſeven he-goats »for a * ſin-offering *'+ for the kingdoms, and for the ſanuary p, and for| | Judahgq, and- he commanded the prieſts the ſons of! Aaron to offer them on the alrcar of the Lord.
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of Sins the Guilt whereof yet lay wpon the Kingdom, whick was now to be expiated. Indeed, in caſe of one particular Sin of Ignoa rance done by the People, there was but one bullock to be offered, Levit. 4. 13, 14. but here the Sins were many and prefumptuous, &c.o To make Atonement for the Sins of the King and the Roy- al Family, and the Court. p For all the Idolatry and Uncleannefs wherewith the Temple had been pol'uted, which, as it ha4 been cleanſed naturally by the Prieſts Hands, ſo now was to be purged morally by Sacrifices, q For the Sins of all tie People of 7uaah.
22 So they killed the bullocks, and the prieſts re- ceived the blood, and * ſprinkled it on the altar: like- wiſe when they had killed the rams, they ſprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed alſo the lambs, and chey ſprinkled the blood upon the altar.
23 And they brought # forth the he-goats for the f Heb, ſin-ofering, before the king and the congregation, and they r laid their * hands upon them. be
7 7. e: The King and the Elders of the Gongregation in the Name 5, __ of the whole Congregation»
24 And the prieſts killed them, and they made re. [Conciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Iſrael s for the king commanded that the burnt-offering and the ſin-effering ſhouid be made
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5 i+ e. For Judah and Benjamin, and all the reſt of - the Tribes whereof a conſiderable number were now in his Dominions. *1 Chron . : rot 25 * And he ſet the Levites in the houſe of the 16-44% K 2F+ 6.
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the kings ſeer, and Nathan the Prophet: for ſo was the 2x. r. commandment + of the LORD t by his prophets.
26 And the Levites ſtood with the inſtruments * of ys by David, and the prieſts with * the trumpets. of hs 27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt- 10RD, offe:ing upon the altar: and + when the burnt-offering T Heb by began, the ſong of the LORD began «l/s with the», vr trumpets, and with the + inſtruments ordained by Da- 23. ;. " vid king of Iſrael. Amot6.,
28 And all the congregation worſhipped, and the 4 ' Num | ſingers ſang, and the trumpets founded: and all his + Heb ; continued untill the burnt-offering was finiſhed.
in the time 29 And when they had made an end of offering, f Heb. the king and all that were + preſent with him, bowed ©" themſelves and worſhipped. roo 30 Moreover, Hezekiah the king, and the princes ſoy. commanded the Levires, to ſing praiſe to the LORD, * Hb. with the words of David, and of Aſaph the ſeer : and {%% they ſang praiſes with gladnefs, and they bowed their heads and worthipped. 31 Then Hezekiah anſwered and ſaid, Now ye have || conſecrated your ſelves unto the LORD x, come near, and bring facrifices, and +* thank-offerings into the houſe of the LORD. And the congregation | Or flld brought in ſacrifices, and f thank-offerings, and as many yeur hand;
as were of a free heart, burnt-offerings «. } Heb. + Now that you have reconciled your ſelves and the Houſe to Gods thavkss | Favour, aad that he is willing and ready to accept your Sacrifices # Wherein there was more generoſity than in the other Sacrifices, ; becauſe they were wholly burnt and off:red to God, and the People : had no ſhare in them «5s they had in the reſt.
32 And the number of the burnt- offerings which the congregation brought, was threeſcore and ten bul- locks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all ' theſe ere for a burnt-offering unto the LORD. | 33 And the conſecrated things x were ſix hundred
cam they to the porch of the LORD; ſo they ſancti- ; 9X<2, and three thouſand ſheep.
x 7 e. All the offerings conſecrated to God beſides the Burnt- offerings already mentioned.
34 But the prieſts y were too few, fo that they could nor ſlay all the burnt-offerings z : wherefore their bre- f Heb, thren the Levices | did help them || cill the work was /'eneitn ended, and untill the other priefts had ſanRified them. ©" ſelves: for the Levites were more upright in heart, to {anctifie themſelves, than the prieſts.
y To wit, ſuch as were ſanQifi:d and fir for their Work, as the following words ſhew : for otherwiſe the number of the Prieſts
; was more than ſufficient for this Employment. z And much leſs all
the other Sacrifices, which were more numerous; The {laying whereof was the Prieſts proper work, Levie. r. 5, 6, || Neceſlicy excuſcing their deviation from the Rule, as ic hath excuſed others in the like Caſes.
35 And alſo the burnt-offecings were in abundance *, with the fatof the peace-offerings, and the drink-offer- ings for every burnt-offering. So the ſervice of che houſe of the LOR D was ſet in order.
* Or, Fir the Burnt-Offerings were to be offered alſo 1» abundance. So it is a reaſon why the Prieſts could not ſlay all the Barnt-offerings, as was ſaid © 34. B:cauſe there was ſo muchother work for them, for . the Burnt= offerings were not only to be ſlayed, bur alſo to be offered, to wit, wholly, and with them rhe Far of Peacie offerings, &C«
36 And Hezckiah rejoyced, and all the people, that
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