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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.

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Intertextuality Pair

Numbers 18:21 → Leviticus 27:30

Allusion

Later text

Numbers 18:21BSB

Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

Earlier text

Leviticus 27:30BSB

Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

Significance

Leviticus 27:30 declares that "any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD." (tithe: מַעֲשֵׂר, ma'aser) Numbers 18:21 specifies the recipient of this holy tithe: "I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do." Together the texts establish both the theological principle (the tithe is holy, belonging to God) and the practical administration (God redirects it to the Levites as their substitute for a land inheritance). The Leviticus passage establishes the tithe as divine property; Numbers converts it into priestly compensation.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme — Leviticus 27:30 declares the tithe "holy to the LORD" and Numbers 18:21 assigns that holy portion to the Levites in return for their service, forging the tithe-and-priesthood link that Hebrews 7:5-10 takes up to argue the superiority of Christ's Melchizedekian priesthood, to whom even Levi, still in Abraham, paid tithes.

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Levites (Substitutionary Service) Trajectory Table