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Deuteronomy 27:26

The New Testament’s use of Deuteronomy

2 places · 2 kinds of echo

The source

‘Cursed is he who doesn’t uphold the words of this law by doing them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’”

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Quotation1

A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.

Gal 3:10-14

Verbatim LXX citation: 'Cursed is everyone who doesn't continue in all things written in the book of the law, to do them.' Paul adds 'all' (pasin) emphasizing total obedience. This is a formal proof-text from the Shechem curse-liturgy, high in volume and coherence.

High confidence

Allusion1

A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.

Gal 5:2-6

Being 'a debtor to do the whole law' restates the Deuteronomic curse on everyone who does not confirm all the words of the law to do them, which Paul quotes explicitly at 3:10. Recurrence within Galatians is high, making the echo here coherent and deliberate.

Medium confidence