2 Chronicles 29:23
in 2 Chronicles 29Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
KJV
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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This site's exposition
the priests received the blood
on 2 Chronicles 29:22-24
Laying hands on the goats before the sacrifice marks the animals as standing in the offerers' place, Gill reading the gesture as the same substitution pattern Leviticus 1 sets out, though the verse itself only records the ritual act. Verse 24 states the scope plainly, the priests made reconciliation 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, not Judah alone. Hezekiah is already reaching past his own borders toward the ten tribes that fell in the chapter before, the same reach that becomes an open letter to Ephraim and Manasseh in chapter 30.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The intention of the burnt-offerings was to give glory to the God of Israel, whom they owned as the only true God, which it was proper to do at the same time that they were by the sin-offering making atonement for their offences. The blood of those, as well as of the sin-offering, was sprinkled upon the altar (
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9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the L ORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
At the close of the special services of the occasion, namely, the offering of atonement sacrifices, the king and all civic rulers who were present joined in the worship.
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.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ | vaiyagishu | and they brought near | H5066 → | 125 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׂעִירֵ֣י | seirei | [the] goats of | H8163 → | |
| הַֽחַטָּ֔את | hachatat | the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְהַקָּהָ֑ל | vehakahal | and the assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
| וַיִּסְמְכ֥וּ | vaiyismekhu | and they laid | H5564 → | |
| יְדֵיהֶ֖ם | yedeihem | hands their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
וַיַּגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙and they brought near
vaiyagishuH5066 →125 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׂעִירֵ֣י[the] goats of
seireiH8163 →
הַֽחַטָּ֔אתthe sin offering
hachatatH2403 →295 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְהַקָּהָ֑לand the assembly
vehakahalH6951 →123 times
וַיִּסְמְכ֥וּand they laid
vaiyismekhuH5564 →
יְדֵיהֶ֖םhands their
yedeihemH3027 →1618 times
עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃on them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 1:4He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
it leads to
- Leviticus 3:8
He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 3:2
He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on all…
- 2 Chronicles 29:23–24
Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.
- Leviticus 4:26
He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
- Exodus 29:15
Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
- Leviticus 3:8
Through
Leviticus 4:15The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.
it leads to
- Leviticus 1:4
He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
- Leviticus 8:14
Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
- Leviticus 1:4
Through
Leviticus 4:24He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
it leads to
- Leviticus 3:13
He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.
- Leviticus 3:13
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.