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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

Psalms 118:19-20 → Psalms 24:3-4

Echo

Later text

Psalms 118:19-20BSB

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

Earlier text

Psalms 24:3-4BSB

Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

Significance

Psalm 118:19-20 cries "Open for me the gates of righteousness (שַׁעֲרֵי־צֶדֶק, sha'are-tsedeq); I will enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous will enter through it." Psalm 24:3-4 poses the same threshold question: "Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart." Both psalms address the conditions for access to God's presence through gates or entrance, using the shared imagery of righteous entry into sacred space. Psalm 118 focuses on thanksgiving after deliverance, while Psalm 24 focuses on moral qualification — together they show that access to God requires both divine rescue and human holiness.

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