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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 136:2 → Deuteronomy 10:17

Allusion

Later text

Psalm 136:2BSB

Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever.

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 10:17BSB

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

Significance

Moses confesses Yahweh as "God of gods" (אֱלֹהֵי הָאֱלֹהִים, 'elohe ha'elohim), and Psalm 136:2 adopts this identical title as a call to thanksgiving: "Give thanks to the God of gods." The shared phrase affirms Yahweh's absolute supremacy over every competing divine claim. Moses pairs this title with Yahweh's impartiality and justice toward the vulnerable, while the psalmist pairs it with Yahweh's enduring covenant love (חֶסֶד, chesed), showing that divine supremacy and divine mercy are not in tension but belong together in Israel's theological confession.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme — Moses's confession of Yahweh as "God of gods" (אֱלֹהֵי הָאֱלֹהִים, Deut 10:17) is taken up as Psalm 136:2's summons to thanksgiving, one link in the canonical theme of divine supremacy over every rival power — the title-line that runs forward to the Lamb who is Lord of lords and King of kings.