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24 the priests killed them. With the goats’ blood they made an offering on the altar to remove the sins of the Israelites so they would belong to God. The king had said that the burnt offering and sin offering should be made for all Israel.

25 King Hezekiah put the Levites in the Temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, as David, Gad, and Nathan had commanded. (Gad was the king’s seer, and Nathan was a prophet.) 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.

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24 The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sin offering to atone(A) for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.(B)

25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David(C) and Gad(D) the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets. 26 So the Levites stood ready with David’s instruments,(E) and the priests with their trumpets.(F)

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