22. So the priests killed the bulls and kept the blood. Then they sprinkled the bulls’ blood on the altar. Then they killed the rams and sprinkled the rams’ blood on the altar. Then they killed the lambs and sprinkled the lambs’ blood on the altar.
23-24. Then the priests brought the male goats in front of the king, and the people gathered together. The goats were the sin offering. The priests put their hands on the goats and killed the goats. They made a sin offering with the goats’ blood on the altar. They did this so that God would forgive the sins of the Israelites. The king said that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all the Israelites.
25. King Hezekiah put the Levites in the Lord’S Temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres as David, Gad, the king’s seer, and the prophet Nathan had commanded. This command came from the Lord through his prophets.
26. So the Levites stood ready with David’s instruments of music, and the priests stood ready with their trumpets.
27. Then Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, singing to the Lord also began. The trumpets were blown, and the instruments of David king of Israel were played.
28. All the assembly bowed down, the musicians sang, and the trumpet players blew their trumpets until the burnt offering was finished.
29. After the sacrifices were finished, King Hezekiah and all the people with him bowed down and worshiped.
30. King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to give praise to the Lord. They sang songs that David and Asaph the seer had written. They praised God and became happy. They all bowed and worshiped God.
31. Hezekiah said, “Now you people of Judah have given yourselves to the Lord. Come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the Lord’S Temple.” Then the people brought sacrifices and thank offerings. Anyone who wanted to, also brought burnt offerings.
32. This is how many burnt offerings the assembly brought to the Temple: 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs. All these animals were sacrificed as burnt offerings to the Lord.
33. There were also 600 bulls and 3000 sheep and goats that were sacrificed as holy offerings.
34. But there were not enough priests to skin and cut up all the animals for the burnt offerings. So their relatives, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and until other priests could make themselves ready for holy service. The Levites had been more serious than the priests about making themselves ready to serve.
35. There were many burnt offerings, and the fat of fellowship offerings, and drink offerings. So the service in the Lord’S Temple began again.
36. Hezekiah and the people were very happy about the things God prepared for his people. And they were happy he did it so quickly!