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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

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Intertextuality Pair

2 Chronicles 35:12 → Leviticus 3:9

Echo

Later text

2 Chronicles 35:12BSB

They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as is written in the Book of Moses; and they did the same with the bulls.

Earlier text

Leviticus 3:9BSB

And from the peace offering he shall bring an offering made by fire to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

Significance

Leviticus 3:9 specifies that from a sheep offered as a peace offering, the entire fat tail (הָאַלְיָה, ha'alyah) cut off close to the backbone, along with the internal fat and kidneys, belongs to the LORD. 2 Chronicles 35:12 records that at Josiah's Passover, the Levites set aside these fat portions to be offered "according to the Book of Moses." The specific mention of the fat tail in Leviticus 3:9 reflects the Near Eastern context where the broad-tailed sheep's fatty tail was considered the choicest portion — dedicating it to God meant giving the best. The Chronicler's adherence to this Mosaic protocol during Josiah's reform demonstrates the enduring normativity of the Levitical fat regulations.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme