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Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship

2 Chronicles 29:23

In 11 translations

BSB
Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on 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:forth: Heb. near
WEB
They brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them.
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:
LSV
and they bring the male goats of the sin-offering near before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands on them;
YLT
and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;
DBY
And they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them.
DRC
And they brought the he goats for sin before the king, and the whole multitude, and they laid their hand upon them:
GNV
Then they brought the hee goates for the sinne offring before the King and the Congregation, and they layde their hands vpon them.
JPS
And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the congregation, and they laid their hands upon them;
LXXE
And they brought the goats for a sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and laid their hands upon them.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּגִּ֨ישׁוּ֙ אֶת־שְׂעִירֵ֣י הַֽחַטָּ֔את לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְהַקָּהָ֑ל וַיִּסְמְכ֥וּ יְדֵיהֶ֖ם עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ προσήγαγον τοὺς χιμάρους τοὺς περὶ ἁμαρτίας ἐναντίον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐπʼ αὐτούς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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