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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Luke 11:42 → Amos 5:15

Echo

Later text

Luke 11:42BSB

Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

Earlier text

Amos 5:15BSB

Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square13:39

Significance

In the OT Israelites were required to tithe for the priests, the Levites, the poor, and the support of Jerusalem and its cult (Lev.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Analogy