17. Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the Lord’s porch. They sanctified the Lord’s house in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.
18. Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said, “We have cleansed all the Lord’s house, including the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, and the table of show bread with all its vessels.
19. Moreover have we prepared and sanctified all the vessels which king Ahaz threw away in his reign, when he was unfaithful. Behold, they are before the Lord’s altar.”
20. Then Hezekiah the king arose early, gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the Lord’s house.
21. They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the Lord’s altar.
22. So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
23. They brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them.