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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

Numbers 30:1 → Leviticus 27:1

Echo

Later text

Numbers 30:1BSB

Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, "This is what the LORD has commanded:

Earlier text

Leviticus 27:1BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Significance

Leviticus 27:1 introduces the regulations for vows (נֶדֶר, neder) of dedicating persons to the LORD, establishing monetary equivalents for the valuation. Numbers 30:1 opens a complementary section on vow legislation, focusing specifically on the conditions under which vows made by women may be annulled by their father or husband. Together these texts form a comprehensive vow system: Leviticus addresses the economic valuation of vowed persons and property, while Numbers addresses the social dynamics of vow-making within household authority structures. Both share the foundational assumption that a vow to God is binding and must not be broken lightly (Num 30:2, "he must not break his word").

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme — the same complementary vow legislation at the section-heading level: Leviticus 27:1 opens the valuation of vows, Numbers 30:1 opens the law of their confirmation or annulment, and together they feed the canonical theme of the binding word given to God ("he must not break his word," Num 30:2) that culminates in Christ's teaching on oaths (Matthew 5:33-37) and in His own kept word.