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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 19:21 → Exodus 21:24

Quotation

Later text

Deuteronomy 19:21BSB

You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

Earlier text

Exodus 21:24BSB

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Significance

Exodus 21:24 articulates the lex talionis—proportional punishment for bodily harm—and Deuteronomy 19:21 applies this principle to the judicial process for false witnesses (the case of vv. 16–19). Both texts share the key preposition תַּחַת (tachat, "in place of/instead of"), establishing the substitutionary logic of Israelite justice: the punishment must correspond precisely to the intended or actual harm. Deuteronomy's application to false testimony extends the lex talionis from physical altercations to courtroom proceedings, recognizing that perjury inflicts harm as real as a physical blow and deserves proportional requital.

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