²² So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it against the altar; next they slaughtered the rams and splashed their blood against the altar; then they slaughtered the lambs and splashed their blood^(A) against the altar. ²³ The goats^(B) for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands^(C) on them. ²⁴ The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sin offering to atone^(D) for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.^(E)