The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 29:23 Explained

2 Chronicles 29:23

KJV: And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

YLT: and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;

Darby: And they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them.

ASV: And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they brought forth  the he goats  [for] the sin offering  before  the king  and the congregation;  and they laid  their hands  upon them: 

What does 2 Chronicles 29:23 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 29:12-24 - Removing Uncleanness
The names of the assisting Levites are specially mentioned, because their obedient cooperation counted for so much in the national reconstruction. For eight days the priests and they wrought in the great work of cleansing the Temple of the filthiness which had accumulated through neglect. The drift of the sand-storm, the havoc of weeds, the multitudes of living things that come from the air and the earth to brood and breed in neglected buildings, had wrought sad disfigurement and dilapidation in the holy and beautiful house which David and Solomon had built for God.
Deterioration of heart and life, of Church and State, is the sure result of neglect. The garden of the sluggard could hardly be more useless or perilous to the ordered cultivation around, than is the heart of man, when it neglects the culture of its spiritual affinities. We were made for God and cannot be perfectly healthy or happy apart from Him. These sins must be expiated by blood. A deep lesson is contained in 2 Chronicles 29:20-24. See Hebrews 9:22. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 29

1  Hezekiah's good reign
3  He restores religion
5  He exhorts the Levites
12  They sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of God
20  Hezekiah offers solemn sacrifices,
24  wherein the Levites are more forward than the priests

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 29:23 mean?

And they brought out - the male goats [for] the sin offering before the king and the assembly and they laid their hands on them
וַיַּגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ אֶת־ שְׂעִירֵ֣י הַֽחַטָּ֔את לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְהַקָּהָ֑ל וַיִּסְמְכ֥וּ יְדֵיהֶ֖ם עֲלֵיהֶֽם

וַיַּגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙  And  they  brought  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָגַשׁ  
Sense: to draw near, approach.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שְׂעִירֵ֣י  the  male  goats  [for] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: שָׂעִיר 
Sense: hairy.
הַֽחַטָּ֔את  the  sin  offering 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.
לִפְנֵ֥י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
וְהַקָּהָ֑ל  and  the  assembly 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָהָל  
Sense: assembly, company, congregation, convocation.
וַיִּסְמְכ֥וּ  and  they  laid 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: סָמַךְ  
Sense: to lean, lay, rest, support, put, uphold, lean upon.
יְדֵיהֶ֖ם  their  hands 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine plural
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
עֲלֵיהֶֽם  on  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.

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