Text: 2 Chronicles 35:16
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 28:16
Subject: Passover sacrifices
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Numbers 28:16 legislates the Passover date: "On the fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD's Passover." 2 Chronicles 35:16 confirms Josiah's celebration conformed to this law: "So all the service of the LORD was prepared that day to celebrate the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah." The Chronicler validates Josiah's Passover by its conformity to the Mosaic calendar and ritual prescriptions. The reference to doing everything "according to the command" (כְּמִצְוַת, kemitsvat) emphasizes that proper worship requires adherence to the specific Pentateuchal regulations, including the exact timing prescribed in Numbers 28.