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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
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Intertextuality Pair

Leviticus 17:3 → Exodus 20:24

Allusion

Later text

Leviticus 17:3BSB

'Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it

Earlier text

Exodus 20:24BSB

You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

Significance

Exodus 20:24 permits altar construction in various locations where God causes His name to be remembered, while Leviticus 17:3 restricts all slaughter to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting: "Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, lamb, or goat in the camp or outside the camp" must bring it to the tabernacle. Leviticus narrows the sacrificial geography from multiple permitted sites to a single authorized location, ensuring that all blood is properly handled by the priests. This centralization of slaughter prevents the shedding of blood at unauthorized locations and eliminates the possibility of sacrificing "to the goat demons" (שְׂעִירִם, se'irim) at scattered rural altars (Lev 17:7).

Found via: Keil and Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (1866)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme

▸ The Decalogue

Leviticus 17:3 → Exodus 20:24

Significance

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