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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 15:3 → Deuteronomy 12:21

Echo

Later text

1 Chronicles 15:3BSB

And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 12:21BSB

If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.

Significance

David's assembly of Israel to bring the ark to its prepared place (1 Chr 15:3) gives concrete fulfillment to the "place" (maqom) that Deuteronomy 12:21 references—the site "the LORD your God chooses to put His Name." While Deuteronomy 12:21 addresses the practical situation of distance from the central sanctuary, the Chronicler shows David establishing that very center. For the post-exilic audience, this linkage reaffirms Jerusalem's status as the divinely authorized worship site.

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

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