23And 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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And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-36)The temple being cleansed, we have here an account of the good use that was immediately made of it. A solemn assembly was called to meet the king at the temple, the very next day (2 Chron. 29:20); and very glad, no doubt, all the good people in Jerusalem were, when it was said, Let us go up to the house of the Lord , Ps. 122:1. As soon as Hezekiah heard that the temple was ready for him he lost no…
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