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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

Jeremiah 48:5 → Numbers 24:17

Echo

Later text

Jeremiah 48:5BSB

For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:

Earlier text

Numbers 24:17BSB

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.

Significance

Numbers 24:17 announces through Balaam that a future Israelite ruler will "crush the skulls of Moab." Jeremiah 48:5 contributes to this prophetic trajectory by depicting Moab's flight: "For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction." The echo of Moabite place names and language of defeat in Jeremiah evokes the Pentateuchal tradition of Moab as an enemy destined for subjugation. While Balaam prophesied in general terms, Jeremiah fills in the geographic and emotional details of Moab's collapse, making the ancient oracle vivid and immediate for his exilic audience.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment — Balaam's pledge that one from Jacob "will crush the skulls of Moab" (Num 24:17) is the divine word behind Moab's collapse in Jeremiah's oracle: the weeping ascent of Luhith (48:5) fills in the historical detail of the promised subjugation as Babylon enacts it, while the Star-and-scepter promise itself still points beyond, to its messianic completion.

▸ Star Out of Jacob

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Numbers 24:17 — Star Out of Jacob

Jeremiah 48:5 → Numbers 24:17

Significance

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