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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 → Leviticus 22:20

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

Leviticus 22:20BSB

You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

Significance

Leviticus 22:20 establishes the general prohibition against offering any blemished (מוּם, mum) animal, as "it will not be acceptable." Deuteronomy 15:19 narrows the application to firstborn animals specifically: "You shall set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male of your herd and flock; you shall not put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor shear the firstborn of your flock." The Deuteronomic version integrates the Levitical quality standard with the firstborn consecration law, creating a combined regulation: firstborn animals belong to God and must meet the unblemished standard. The prohibition against working or shearing them ensures they remain consecrated and undamaged for sacrifice.

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