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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

1 Chronicles 15:1 → Deuteronomy 12:26

Echo

Later text

1 Chronicles 15:1BSB

David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 12:26BSB

But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.

Significance

Deuteronomy 12:26 instructs Israel to bring "holy offerings" and "vow offerings" to "the place the LORD will choose," reserving sacred donations for the central sanctuary. David's preparation of a designated place for the ark in Jerusalem (1 Chr 15:1) realizes this Deuteronomic instruction, establishing the location to which Israel's consecrated gifts and sacrifices are to be brought. The Chronicler connects David's action to the Mosaic mandate, demonstrating continuity between Torah command and royal implementation.

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

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Holy Places (Access to God's Presence) Trajectory Table