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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

Psalm 106:44-46 → Leviticus 26:45

Allusion

Later text

Psalm 106:44-46BSB

Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress. And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion. He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

Earlier text

Leviticus 26:45BSB

But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD."

Significance

Leviticus 26:45 promises that God will "remember for their sake the covenant with their ancestors (בְּרִית רִאשֹׁנִים, berit rishonim), whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations." Psalm 106:44-46 narrates historical fulfillments of this promise: "He remembered His covenant for their sake (וַיִּזְכֹּר לָהֶם בְּרִיתוֹ) and relented according to the abundance of His steadfast love (חֲסָדָיו); He made them objects of compassion to all their captors." Both texts ground divine mercy in covenant remembrance rather than human merit — God rescues not because Israel deserves it but because He is faithful to the covenant He made with the ancestors. The psalmist presents this as a recurring pattern throughout Israel's history, validating the Levitical promise through repeated historical experience.

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