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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 19:1 → Exodus 21:12

Allusion

Later text

Deuteronomy 19:1BSB

When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,

Earlier text

Exodus 21:12BSB

Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.

Significance

Exodus 21:12 establishes the basic homicide law—"Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death" (מוֹת יוּמָת, mot yumat)—and Deuteronomy 19:1 introduces the cities of refuge legislation that operationalizes the Exodus distinction between intentional murder and accidental killing. Exodus 21:13 briefly mentions that God will "appoint a place" (שָׂמְתִּי לְךָ מָקוֹם, samti lekha maqom) for the unintentional killer to flee, and Deuteronomy 19 develops this into a fully articulated system of three designated cities, with specific procedures for determining intent. The progression from Exodus's compact case law to Deuteronomy's institutional framework demonstrates how Israel's legal system matured to address the complexities of adjudicating homicide.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression — Exodus 21:13's promise of "a place where he may flee" for the unintentional killer is developed into the fully articulated cities-of-refuge system of Deuteronomy 19; compact Sinai case law progresses into settled institutional form as Israel stands at the border.

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Cities of Refuge (Safety in Christ) Trajectory Table