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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.

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Intertextuality Pair

2 Chronicles 30:16 → Leviticus 1:5

Allusion

Later text

2 Chronicles 30:16BSB

They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.

Earlier text

Leviticus 1:5BSB

And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron's sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Significance

Leviticus 1:5 prescribes that the priests shall זָרַק (zaraq, "sprinkle/dash") the blood against all sides of the altar after the worshiper slaughters the animal, establishing the foundational blood-manipulation procedure for burnt offerings. 2 Chronicles 30:16 describes Hezekiah's Passover revival, where the priests "stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses" and "sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites" — following this exact Levitical protocol centuries later. The Chronicler's emphasis that they acted "according to the Law of Moses" (כְּתוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה) deliberately validates Hezekiah's reform as a return to authentic Mosaic worship after generations of neglect, demonstrating the enduring normativity of the Levitical blood procedures.

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

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