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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 3:9-11

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 3:9-11BSB

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, both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys. Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Significance

Leviticus 3:9-11 prescribes the complete fat-portion procedure for sheep offerings: the fat tail (הָאַלְיָה), the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the liver lobe are all burned on the altar as "food, an offering made by fire to the LORD." 2 Chronicles 35:12 records that at Josiah's great Passover, the Levites separated these fat portions for burning "as written in the Book of Moses." The Chronicler's repeated emphasis on Mosaic compliance highlights that the Leviticus 3 fat regulations were the specific standard being restored after decades of neglect under kings like Manasseh and Amon. The procedure's careful preservation in 2 Chronicles demonstrates the enduring authority of the Levitical offering regulations.

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