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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

2 Chronicles 26:18 → Leviticus 10:10

Echo

Later text

2 Chronicles 26:18BSB

They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, "Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God."

Earlier text

Leviticus 10:10BSB

You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

Significance

Leviticus 10:10 assigns priests the foundational duty of distinguishing between holy (קֹדֶשׁ) and common (חֹל), establishing the conceptual framework for sacred boundaries in Israel. In 2 Chronicles 26:18, the priests invoke this very principle when they confront King Uzziah: "You have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense." Uzziah's transgression is precisely the collapse of the holy/common distinction that Leviticus 10:10 warns against — a king treating priestly prerogatives as common, accessible to anyone with royal power. The resulting leprosy confirms that the Levitical boundary remains inviolable regardless of political authority.

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

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Altar of Incense (Christ's Intercession) Trajectory Table