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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 7:5-6 → Exodus 20:14

Allusion

Later text

Jeremiah 7:5-6BSB

For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,

Earlier text

Exodus 20:14BSB

You shall not commit adultery.

Significance

Exodus 20:14 prohibits adultery, and Jeremiah 7:5-6 demands covenant fidelity expressed through just treatment of the vulnerable: "truly practice justice between one another, do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow." While the seventh commandment addresses sexual faithfulness, Jeremiah broadens the scope of covenant loyalty to encompass social justice. The prophet's temple sermon connects the Decalogue's relational commands to the conditions for God's continued presence—violations of any covenant obligation, whether sexual or social, render temple worship hollow and invite the fate of Shiloh (Jer 7:12).

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

▸ The Decalogue

Jeremiah 7:5-6 → Exodus 20:14

Significance

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