2nd Chronicles Chapter 29 verse 23 Holy Bible
And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
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Then 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:
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And they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them.
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And 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 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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They brought near the male goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them:
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and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - The he-goats for the sin offering. No preposition "for" is found in the Hebrew text, and the previous noun is in the construct state, שְׂעַירֵי. Laid their hands. This signified the supposed laying of sins - the sins of the people - on the head of the animal (Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 4:4, etc.).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) Brought forth.--Rather, brought near--viz., to the altar.He goats.--Se 'irim ("hairy ones"). A different term--cephire 'izzim, "spring-bucks of goats"--was used in 2Chronicles 29:21. This latter is properly an Aramean word, and only found in late Heb., se 'irim being the classical term.Laid their hands upon them.--Comp. Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 3:2; Leviticus 4:4, from which it appears that the person offering laid his hand upon the head of the victim, whether he were making a burnt offering or a thank-offering or a sin-offering.The natural fitness of the ceremony in the case of expiatory sacrifices is obvious. "The king and the congregation" performed it, in the present instance, on behalf of the entire nation. . . .
