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2 Chronicles 29:23

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Chronicles 29:23 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
2 Chronicles 29:23 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 29

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
20Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.
21And 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 Jehovah.
22So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
23And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
24and the priests killed them, and they made a sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded [that] the burnt-offering and the sin-offering [should be made] for all Israel.
25And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah 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 the commandment was of Jehovah by his prophets.
26And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation, etc.] 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.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“They laid - The king and the elders of the congregation in the name of the whole congregation. 2 Chronicles 29:27”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“forth: Heb. near they laid: Lev 1:4, Lev 4:15, Lev 4:24 2 Chronicles 29:24”
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