2 Chronicles 29:23

23 The goats for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.

2 Chronicles 29:23 in Other Translations

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:

23 Then the goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them,

23 The male goats for the sin offering were then brought before the king and the assembly of people, who laid their hands on them.

23 Finally they brought the goats up; the king and congregation laid their hands upon them.

23 Then they brought the sin offering goats right into the presence of the king and the congregation, who laid their hands on them.

2 Chronicles 29:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:23

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.

2 Chronicles 29:23 In-Context

21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary and for Judah. The king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these on the altar of the LORD.

22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it against the altar; next they slaughtered the rams and splashed their blood against the altar; then they slaughtered the lambs and splashed their blood against the altar.

23 The goats for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.

24 The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sin offering to atone for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the LORD with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David and Gad the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the LORD through his prophets.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 16:5
• 2. Leviticus 4:15