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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
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Intertextuality Pair

Numbers 35:9 → Exodus 21:13

Allusion

Later text

Numbers 35:9BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Earlier text

Exodus 21:13BSB

If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

Significance

Exodus 21:13 introduces the principle of asylum in seed form: "If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee." This brief verse establishes that God Himself provides refuge for the unintentional killer. Numbers 35:9ff develops this single verse into a comprehensive system: six designated cities of refuge, specific criteria distinguishing murder from manslaughter, and procedural rules for trial and asylum duration. The progression from Exodus's general promise ("I will appoint a place") to Numbers's detailed legislation demonstrates how Pentateuchal law develops from foundational principle to institutional framework. Numbers further extends this refuge to the resident alien (גֵּר, ger) as well as the native Israelite (Num 35:15), showing the asylum principle to be no respecter of ethnic origin.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression — Exodus 21:13's seed promise ("I will appoint for you a place where he may flee") is advanced into the six-city refuge institution of Numbers 35: God's protection of the innocent manslayer progresses from tabernacle-court seed to national system, the trajectory that runs on to the refuge to which sinners flee in Christ (Hebrews 6:18).

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Trajectory Tables 1

Cities of Refuge (Safety in Christ) Trajectory Table