2 Chronicles 29:24

Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship · 2 Chronicles 29:20–36
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Translations

Modern
And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
Traditional
And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
Literal
And the priests slaughtered them, and they cleansed from sin with their blood on the altar, to make atonement upon all Israel. “For all Israel,” said the king, “The burnt offering and the sin offering.”
Latin
…et immolaverunt illos sacerdotes, et asperserunt sanguinem eorum coram altare pro piaculo universi Israëlis: pro omni quippe Israël præceperat rex ut holocaustum fieret, et pro peccato.

Original

Hebrew
English
And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

Notes

To start sanctifying the temple, the Levites first sanctified themselves. They likely purified themselves by bringing offerings (see 2 Chronicles 30:15). Then they began to cleanse the temple. Two steps were needed to restore the temple:

  1. Purification (removing pollution, 2 Chronicles 29:15–17)

  2. Sanctification (rededicating the temple for holy worship, 2 Chronicles 29:20–36)

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Hezekiah Kohath, Kohathites Merari, Merarite Offerings and Sacrifices

Topics

Altar in Solomon's Temple: Cleansed by Hezekiah Asaph: A Composer of Sacred Lyrics Levites: Assisted the Priests in Preparing the Sacrifice the First Temple: Purified and Divine Worship Restored Under Hezekiah Under the Law Atonement by Priests Alone Under the Law Atonement: Offered For: The Congregation