And they brought forth the he goats [for] the sin offering before the king and the congregation; (k) and they laid their hands upon them:
(k) That is, the king and the elders, as in (Leviticus 4:15) for they who offered a sin offering must lay their hands on it, to signify that they had deserved that death, and also that they consecrated it to God to be sanctified by it, (Exodus 29:10).