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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 36:1 → Leviticus 25:8

Allusion

Later text

Numbers 36:1BSB

Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,

Earlier text

Leviticus 25:8BSB

And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.

Significance

Numbers 36 addresses the concern that if the daughters of Zelophehad marry outside their tribe, their inherited land could transfer to another tribe at the Jubilee year. Leviticus 25:8ff establishes the Jubilee (יוֹבֵל, yovel) system in which all land returns to its original tribal allotment every fiftieth year. The Numbers 36 legislation directly responds to the Jubilee provision: if heiresses marry outside their tribe, the Jubilee land-return mechanism would permanently transfer territory from one tribe to another, defeating the Jubilee's purpose of preserving tribal boundaries. The solution -- requiring heiresses to marry within their tribe (Num 36:6) -- shows how different Pentateuchal laws interact and require harmonization.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme — Numbers 36 legislates precisely so that the Jubilee of Leviticus 25 cannot permanently alienate a tribal inheritance, binding the two laws into the Jubilee theme of redemption and restoration that culminates in the ultimate release proclaimed and accomplished by Christ (Luke 4:18-21).

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Year of Jubilee (Ultimate Redemption) Trajectory Table