Text: 2 Chronicles 35:5
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 18:6
Subject: Levitical sacrificial duties
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Numbers 18:6 establishes the Levites as God's gift (מַתָּנָה, mattanah) to the priests, set apart for sanctuary service. 2 Chronicles 35:5 records Josiah commanding these same Levites to "stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people." The connection shows the Numbers mandate being implemented during Josiah's Passover reform: Levites organized by ancestral divisions, stationed in proper position, serving as intermediaries between the lay worshipers and the priests. The Chronicler views Josiah's precise attention to Levitical positioning as integral to what made this Passover uniquely faithful to the Mosaic pattern.