2 Chronicles 24:6

And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

Cross-references

In 2 Chronicles 24:9, the proclamation to bring the tax follows directly from the king's inquiry in verse 6, advancing the narrative.

Exodus 30:12-16 is the original Mosaic law for the census tax that Joash explicitly references as the model for temple funding.

2 Kings 12:7 provides the parallel account of King Joash questioning the priests about temple repairs, with the same conversation but slightly different details.