21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats for a (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 the Lord.

22 So they slew the bullocks, and the Priests received the blood, and [a]sprinkled it upon the altar: they slew also the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar, and they slew the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

23 Then they brought the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the Congregation, [b]and they laid their hands upon them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:22 For without sprinkling of blood nothing could be sanctified, Heb. 9:21; Exod. 24:8.
  2. 2 Chronicles 29:23 That is, the King and the Elders, as Lev. 4:15, for they that offered a sin offering, must lay their hands upon it, to signify that they had deserved that death, and also that they did consecrate it to God to be thereby sanctified, Exod. 29:10.

21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs and seven male goats(A) as a sin offering[a](B) 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(C) against the altar. 23 The goats(D) for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands(E) on them.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 29:21 Or purification offering; also in verses 23 and 24