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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

Psalm 136:10 → Exodus 12:29

Allusion

Later text

Psalm 136:10BSB

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.

Earlier text

Exodus 12:29BSB

Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.

Significance

Psalm 136:10 recasts the narrative of Exodus 12:29—where the LORD struck down every firstborn (בְּכוֹר, bekhor) in Egypt at midnight—as a line within a liturgical hymn structured by the refrain "His loving devotion endures forever" (כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ, ki le'olam chasdo). This reframing interprets the plague of the firstborn not merely as judgment on Egypt but as an act of חֶסֶד (chesed, covenant loyalty) toward Israel. By placing the smiting of Egypt's firstborn alongside creation, Red Sea deliverance, and conquest, the psalmist situates this event within the full arc of God's redemptive acts, inviting each generation to give thanks for deliverance as evidence of enduring covenant faithfulness.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression

▸ The Passover

Linked Mentions 3

Trajectory Tables 2

Anchor Texts 1

Exodus 12 — The Passover

Psalm 136:10 → Exodus 12:29

Significance

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