Text: 2 Chronicles 35:12
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 3:9-11
Subject: sheep fat-tail offering at Josiah's Passover
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
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.