Text: 2 Chronicles 35:11
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 18:3-4
Subject: priest-Levite division of labor at Passover
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Numbers 18:3-4 defines the Levites' role as attending to tabernacle duties and guarding the tent, while the priests alone handle altar and inner sanctuary functions. 2 Chronicles 35:11 shows this division in action during Josiah's Passover: Levites slaughtered and skinned the Passover lambs, then handed the blood to the priests for sprinkling. This cooperative arrangement -- with Levites performing preparatory work and priests performing the sacramental act of blood application -- implements exactly what Numbers legislated. The Chronicler views this proper ordering as what made Josiah's Passover unparalleled since the days of Samuel (2 Chr 35:18).