Later text
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Intertextuality Pair
Leviticus 19:18 → Exodus 12:48
Echo
Earlier text
Exodus 12:48BSB
If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD's Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
Significance
Exodus 12:48 establishes that a circumcised foreigner (גֵּר, ger) "shall be like a native of the land" and may participate in Passover, while Leviticus 19:18 commands Israel to "love your neighbor as yourself" (וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ, ve'ahavta lere'akha kamokha). The connection lies in the expanding scope of covenant obligation: Exodus 12 opens the door for foreigners to enter the covenant community through circumcision, and Leviticus 19 defines how that community must treat one another. Together these texts establish a trajectory from ritual inclusion to ethical responsibility—the foreigner admitted to the Passover table is the neighbor who must be loved.
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- Reference Type
- Echo
- Connection Method(s)
- Longitudinal Theme
Related Anchor-Text Networks
▸ The Passover ▸ Love Your Neighbor
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