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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

Revelation 2:17 → Exodus 16:32-34

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 2:17BSB

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

Earlier text

Exodus 16:32-34BSB

Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'" So Moses told Aaron, "Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come." And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square13:29

Significance

The "hidden manna" draws on Jewish tradition that Jeremiah hid the ark containing preserved manna, to be restored in the messianic age. This eschatological feeding contrasts with compromise through eating food sacrificed to idols. Just as God provided manna during Israel's wilderness exodus, Christ promises superior new exodus provision to faithful believers. The hidden manna symbolizes intimate spiritual nourishment and participation in the messianic banquet of the age to come.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Typology

▸ Manna

Linked Mentions 2

Trajectory Tables 1

Manna (The Bread of Life) Trajectory Table

Anchor Texts 1

Exodus 16 — Manna

Revelation 2:17 → Exodus 16:32-34

Significance

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