Intertextuality Pair

Revelation 1:6 → Exodus 19:6

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 1:6BSB

who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

Earlier text

Exodus 19:6BSB

And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites."
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Earlier text

Exodus 29:10-21BSB

You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head. And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar. But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering. Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head. You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar. Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces. Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. Take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head. Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the remaining blood on all sides of the altar. And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. Then he and his garments will be consecrated, as well as his sons and their garments.

Earlier text

24:4-8BSB

And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient." So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words."

Significance

God's purpose for Israel declared at Sinai now finds fulfillment in the church. The entire people of God are constituted as priests with unmediated access to God through Christ's blood, removing the sin obstacle that prevented Israel from achieving this calling. As a priestly kingdom, believers mediate God's light to the nations (Isaiah 43:10-13), fulfilling Israel's missionary vocation. Christ's atoning work enables what the old covenant anticipated but could not accomplish.

Found via
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type
Allusion
Connection Method(s)
Promise-Fulfillment (primary) + Typology (Institutional, Backward-Looking — scoped to the consecration-by-blood rite, Ex 24:4-8; 29:10-21, which the Lamb's blood antitypically fulfills) + Contrast (conditional "if you will indeed obey" → accomplished "has made us")

▸ A Kingdom of Priests

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