2 Chronicles 29:23
What does 2 Chronicles 29:23 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 29:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they brought the he goats for sin before the king, and the whole multitude, and they laid their hand upon them:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them.
Context
v.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.
v.23This passage
v.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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 4:15
And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before Jehovah; and the bullock shall be killed before Jehovah.
- Leviticus 4:24
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 Jehovah: it is a sin-offering.
- Leviticus 1:4
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.