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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

Deuteronomy 15:19 → Exodus 22:29

Allusion

Later text

Deuteronomy 15:19BSB

You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.

Earlier text

Exodus 22:29BSB

You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.

Significance

Exodus 22:29 commands the presentation of firstborn sons and firstborn livestock to the LORD, and Deuteronomy 15:19 specifies the treatment of firstborn animals: "You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male (בְּכוֹר, bekhor) born to your herd and flock. You must not put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor shear the firstborn of your flock." Deuteronomy adds practical restrictions absent from Exodus—the firstborn animal may not be used for labor or wool production—underscoring that consecration to God means the animal is withdrawn from ordinary economic use. The Deuteronomic version also directs that the firstborn be eaten "year by year" at the place the LORD chooses, connecting the firstborn law to centralized worship.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme