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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

Leviticus 19:33 → Exodus 22:21

Allusion

Later text

Leviticus 19:33BSB

When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

Earlier text

Exodus 22:21BSB

You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Significance

Exodus 22:21 commands "You must not mistreat or oppress a foreigner" (גֵּר לֹא תוֹנֶה וְלֹא תִלְחָצֶנּוּ, ger lo toneh velo tilchatsenu), and Leviticus 19:33 restates this prohibition: "When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him." Both texts use the language of oppression (לָחַץ, lachats / יָנָה, yanah) to protect the vulnerable foreigner from exploitation. The repetition across two distinct legal collections—the Book of the Covenant (Exodus) and the Holiness Code (Leviticus)—underscores the gravity of this obligation, with both contexts invoking Israel's own experience as foreigners in Egypt as the empathetic ground for just treatment.

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