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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 18:15 → Exodus 20:19

Allusion

Later text

Deuteronomy 18:15BSB

The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.

Earlier text

Exodus 20:19BSB

"Speak to us yourself and we will listen," they said to Moses. "But do not let God speak to us, or we will die."

Significance

Exodus 20:19 records Israel pleading with Moses to mediate God's words because direct divine speech terrified them, and Deuteronomy 18:15 promises a future prophet like Moses (נָבִיא כָּמוֹנִי, navi kamoni) who will fulfill this mediatorial function. The people's request for human mediation at Sinai is not condemned but validated by God's response: He will provide an ongoing prophetic office that channels divine revelation through human speech. The verbal connection lies in the shared concern about hearing God's voice—Israel feared it would kill them (Exod 20:19), and God promised a prophet who would make that voice bearable (Deut 18:15).

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment

▸ The Decalogue ▸ A Prophet Like Moses

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Trajectory Tables 2

Anchor Texts 1

Deuteronomy 18:15-19 — A Prophet Like Moses

Deuteronomy 18:15 → Exodus 20:19

Significance

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