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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

Judges 2:6 → Joshua 24:28

Quotation

Later text

Judges 2:6BSB

After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.

Earlier text

Joshua 24:28BSB

Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.

Significance

Judges 2:6 virtually reproduces the language of Joshua 24:28: "Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance" (וַיְשַׁלַּח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־הָעָם אִישׁ לְנַחֲלָתוֹ, vayeshalach Yehoshua et-ha'am ish lenachalato). This verbatim repetition serves as a literary seam connecting the two books, establishing that the Judges narrative begins exactly where Joshua ended. The deliberate quotation marks the moment of transition from the era of conquest under Joshua's leadership to the chaotic period of the judges, framing the entire book of Judges as a sequel to Joshua's farewell.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression

Linked Mentions 3

Trajectory Tables 3