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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

Romans 10:5 → Leviticus 18:5

Quotation

Later text

Romans 10:5BSB

For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

Earlier text

Leviticus 18:5BSB

Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:58

Significance

Paul cites Leviticus to describe "the righteousness that is by the law" requiring perfect obedience. Contrasted with righteousness by faith in following verses.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Contrast

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Two Covenants (Law and Promise) Trajectory Table