³ “‘If the offering is a burnt offering^(A) from the herd,^(B) you are to offer a male without defect.^(C) You must present it at the entrance to the tent^(D) of meeting so that it will be acceptable^(E) to the Lord. ⁴ You are to lay your hand on the head^(F) of the burnt offering,^(G) and it will be accepted^(H) on your behalf to make atonement^(I) for you. ⁵ You are to slaughter^(J) the young bull^(K) before the Lord, and then Aaron’s sons^(L) the priests shall bring the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar^(M) at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ⁶ You are to skin^(N) the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.^{(O) 7} The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar and arrange wood^(P) on the fire. ⁸ Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat,^(Q) on the wood^(R) that is burning on the altar. ⁹ You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water,^(S) and the priest is to burn all of it^(T) on the altar.^(U) It is a burnt offering,^(V) a food offering,^(W) an aroma pleasing to the Lord.^(X)

¹⁰ “‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep^(Y) or the goats,^(Z) you are to offer a male without defect. ¹¹ You are to slaughter it at the north side of the altar^(AA) before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.^{(AB) 12} You are to cut it into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and the fat,^(AC) on the wood that is burning on the altar. ¹³ You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water,^(AD) and the priest is to bring all of them and burn them^(AE) on the altar.^(AF) It is a burnt offering,^(AG) a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

¹⁴ “‘If the offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, you are to offer a dove or a young pigeon.^{(AH) 15} The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off the head^(AI) and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar.^(AJ)

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)

²⁷ Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. As the offering began, singing to the Lord began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments^(A) of David king of Israel.

³¹ Then Hezekiah said, “You have now dedicated yourselves to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices^(A) and thank offerings to the temple of the Lord.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing^(B) brought burnt offerings.

³² The number of burnt offerings^(C) the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams and two hundred male lambs—all of them for burnt offerings to the Lord. ³³ The animals consecrated as sacrifices amounted to six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats. ³⁴ The priests, however, were too few to skin all the burnt offerings;^(D) so their relatives the Levites helped them until the task was finished and until other priests had been consecrated,^(E) for the Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than the priests had been. ³⁵ There were burnt offerings in abundance, together with the fat^(F) of the fellowship offerings^(G) and the drink offerings^(H) that accompanied the burnt offerings.

So the service of the temple of the Lord was reestablished.