Text: Leviticus 26:40-42
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 2:24
Subject: Covenant promises and faithfulness
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Exodus 2:24 records that "God remembered His covenant (בְּרִיתוֹ, berito) with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob," triggering the exodus deliverance. Leviticus 26:40-42 promises that after exile and judgment, "I will remember My covenant with Jacob... with Isaac... and with Abraham" (וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי, vezakharti et-beriti). Both texts use the same phrase—God "remembering" (זָכַר, zakhar) His covenant with the patriarchs—as the pivot point for divine intervention. The Leviticus passage anticipates a future repetition of the Exodus 2 pattern: when Israel finds itself in bondage again (exile), covenant remembrance will once again activate God's delivering power, provided the people confess their iniquity and humble their uncircumcised hearts.