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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
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Intertextuality Pair

1 Chronicles 29:6 → Exodus 25:2

Allusion

Later text

1 Chronicles 29:6BSB

Then the leaders of the households, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king's work gave willingly.

Earlier text

Exodus 25:2BSB

"Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.

Significance

Exodus 25:2 commands Israel to take a freewill offering (תְּרוּמָה, terumah) for constructing the tabernacle—"from every man whose heart prompts him" (כֹּל אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִדְּבֶנּוּ לִבּוֹ, kol ish asher yiddennu libbo). 1 Chronicles 29:6 records an identical pattern for Solomon's temple: "the leaders of the families, the officers of the tribes... offered willingly" (וַיִּתְנַדְּבוּ, vayyitnadvu). Both texts emphasize the voluntary, heart-motivated nature of contributions for God's dwelling place, using the language of willing-heartedness. The Chronicler deliberately parallels the tabernacle offering with the temple offering, establishing a continuous tradition: every legitimate sanctuary receives its materials through the same kind of spontaneous generosity that built the wilderness tabernacle.

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

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Trajectory Table