Text: 2 Chronicles 35:5-6
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 18:3-4
Subject: Levitical duties at Josiah's Passover
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Numbers 18:3-4 specifies that the Levites shall "attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent" while warning against approaching the altar or holy furnishings. 2 Chronicles 35:5-6 records Josiah commanding the Levites to "stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families" and "slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses." The explicit citation of Mosaic authority ("the word of the LORD given by Moses") shows the Chronicler viewing Josiah's Passover arrangements as a faithful return to the Numbers 18 charter for Levitical service.