Text: 2 Chronicles 30:18-20
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 9:10
Subject: impurity exception at Hezekiah's Passover
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy
Significance: Numbers 9:10 provides the legal basis for Passover participation by those who are ritually unclean, prescribing a second-month alternative. 2 Chronicles 30:18-20 extends this principle when Hezekiah allows unpurified worshipers from the northern tribes to eat the Passover and prays: "May the LORD, who is good, grant atonement to everyone who sets his heart on seeking God, the LORD God of his fathers, even if not according to the sanctuary's rules of cleanness." God's favorable response (v. 20, "the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people") suggests that the Numbers provision's underlying principle -- that sincere worship should not be prevented by ritual disqualification -- can be extended beyond its original parameters when a covenant-faithful leader intercedes.