Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship

2 Chronicles 29

20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the Lord. 21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats i for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord. 22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests received the blood j and threw it against the altar. And they slaughtered the rams, and their blood was thrown against the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs, and their blood was thrown against the altar. 23 Then the goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, k and they laid their hands on them, 24 and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, l to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

25 m And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, n according to the commandment of David and of Gad o the king's seer and of p Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets. 26 The Levites stood with q the instruments of David, r and the priests with the trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, s the song to the Lord began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 The whole assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished. 29 When the offering was finished, t the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped. 30 And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

31 Then Hezekiah said, u "You have now consecrated yourselves to 1 the Lord. Come near; bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the Lord." And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all who were v of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. 32 The number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. 33 And the consecrated offerings were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep. 34 But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, w their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was finished - x for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in consecrating themselves. 35 Besides the great number of burnt offerings, there was y the fat of the peace offerings, and there were z the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the Lord was restored. 36 And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had prepared for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:14
    When the sin which they have committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a bull from the herd for a sin offering and bring it in front of the tent of meeting.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 8:15
    And he killed it, and Moses took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement for it.
    Leviticus 8:19
    And he killed it, and Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar.
    Leviticus 8:24
    Then he presented Aaron's sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar.
    Hebrews 9:21
    And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship.
    2 Chronicles 35:11
    And they slaughtered the Passover lamb, and the priests threw the blood that they received from them while the Levites flayed the sacrifices.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:15
    And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:26
    And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
  5. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 16:4
    Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel.
    1 Chronicles 25:6
    They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king.
    1 Chronicles 15:16
    David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.
  6. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 8:14
    According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David the man of God had commanded.
    1 Chronicles 23:5
    4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praise.
    1 Chronicles 25:1
    David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:
  7. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:9
    (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer," for today's "prophet" was formerly called a seer.)
  8. Cross References
    2 Samuel 12:1
    And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, "There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
  9. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 23:5
    4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praise.
    Amos 6:5
    Who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David invent for themselves instruments of music.
  10. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:24
    Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, should blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.
  11. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 23:18
    And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the Lord under the direction of the Levitical priests and the Levites whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
  12. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 20:18
    Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping the Lord.
  13. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 13:9
    Have you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes for ordination with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of what are no gods.
    Exodus 28:41
    And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 35:5
    Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord 's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze.
    Exodus 35:22
    So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the Lord.
  15. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 35:11
    And they slaughtered the Passover lamb, and the priests threw the blood that they received from them while the Levites flayed the sacrifices.
  16. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 30:3
    For they could not keep it at that time because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient number, nor had the people assembled in Jerusalem -
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:1
    If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.
    Leviticus 3:16
    And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the Lord 's.
  18. Cross References
    Numbers 15:5
    And you shall offer with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, a quarter of a hin of wine for the drink offering for each lamb.
    Numbers 15:7
    And for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
    Numbers 15:10
    And you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
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