31 Then Hezekiah said , " Now that you have consecrated e yourselves to the Lord , come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the Lord ." And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings , and all those who were willing brought burnt offerings . 32 The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was 70 bulls , 100 rams , and 200 lambs ; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord . 33 The consecrated things were 600 e bulls and 3,000 e sheep . 34 But the priests were too few , so that they were unable e to skin all the burnt offerings ; therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was completed and until the other priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious e to consecrate themselves than the priests . 35 There were also many burnt offerings with the fat of the peace offerings and with the libations for the burnt offerings . Thus the service of the house of the Lord was established again.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:31-35
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:20-36
(Read 2 Chronicles 29:20-36)
As soon as Hezekiah heard that the temple was ready, he lost no time. Atonement must be made for the sins of the last reign. It was not enough to lament and forsake those sins; they brought a sin-offering. Our repentance and reformation will not obtain pardon but in and through Christ, who was made sin, that is, a sin-offering for us. While the offerings were on the altar, the Levites sang. Sorrow for sin must not prevent us from praising God. The king and the congregation gave their consent to all that was done. It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship with the heart. And we should offer up our spiritual sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, and devote ourselves and all we have, as sacrifices, acceptable to the Father only through the Redeemer.