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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 30:18 → Numbers 9:10

Allusion

Later text

2 Chronicles 30:18BSB

A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, "May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

Earlier text

Numbers 9:10BSB

"Tell the Israelites: 'When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

Significance

Numbers 9:10 permits a delayed Passover for those who are ritually unclean through corpse contact. 2 Chronicles 30:18 records a more radical application: many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun "ate the Passover otherwise than prescribed" because they had not purified themselves. Rather than excluding them, Hezekiah prayed for God's clemency. The Chronicler presents this as an analogous but expanded use of the Numbers provision -- not merely delaying the Passover but allowing participation despite impurity, with intercessory prayer compensating for ritual deficiency. God's response ("the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people," 30:20) validates the prioritization of covenantal participation over strict purity compliance.

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