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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
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Intertextuality Pair

Ezekiel 44:22 → Leviticus 21:13

Allusion

Later text

Ezekiel 44:22BSB

And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.

Earlier text

Leviticus 21:13BSB

The woman he marries must be a virgin.

Significance

Ezekiel 44:22 adapts the high-priestly marriage restriction of Leviticus 21:13, which requires the high priest to marry only a בְּתוּלָה (betulah, "virgin"). Ezekiel extends this near-high-priestly standard to all Zadokite priests in the eschatological temple: they must marry virgins from the house of Israel, with the sole exception of a priest's widow. Leviticus distinguished between ordinary priests (21:7) and the high priest (21:13-14) in marriage restrictions; Ezekiel's unified regulation effectively elevates all serving priests toward the high-priestly standard, reflecting the heightened holiness of the eschatological sanctuary where God's glory permanently dwells.

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

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High Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session) Trajectory Table