2 Chronicles 29:33-36

29:33 and 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep ¹  were consecrated. 29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, ²  so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) ³  29:35 There was a large number of burnt sacrifices, as well as fat from the peace offerings and drink offerings that accompanied the burnt sacrifices. So the service of the Lord’s temple was reinstituted. ⁴  29:36 Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done ⁵  for them, ⁶  for it had been done quickly. ⁷ 

¹ tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (ts’on) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but there is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.

² tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.”

³ tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”

⁴ tn Or “established.”

⁵ tn Heb “prepared.”

⁶ tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun “they” has been used here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

⁷ tn Heb “for quickly was the matter.”