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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

Ezra 1:4 → Exodus 35:29

Echo

Later text

Ezra 1:4BSB

And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.'"

Earlier text

Exodus 35:29BSB

So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

Significance

Exodus 35:29 summarizes Israel's tabernacle offerings: "So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering (נְדָבָה, nedavah) to the LORD." Cyrus's decree in Ezra 1:4 similarly calls for "a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem," using the same key term. The verbal echo frames the post-exilic temple rebuilding as a recapitulation of the original sanctuary construction. Just as willing hearts provided materials for Moses' tabernacle, the return community is called to the same spirit-prompted generosity for rebuilding what was destroyed, connecting the two foundational building projects of Israelite worship.

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

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