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Exodus 15:20

The New Testament’s use of Exodus

2 places · 2 kinds of echo

The source

Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.

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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.

Allusion1

A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.

Luke 2:36-38 ?

Anna is introduced as 'a prophetess' (prophetis), the same title and role given to Miriam who leads Israel's praise. The prophetess-who-leads-thanksgiving pattern is coherent, situating Anna in the line of Israel's women prophets.

Medium confidence

Echo1

A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.

Acts 21:7-9 ?

Female prophets are a recognized OT category — Miriam 'the prophetess' leads Israel; Philip's prophesying daughters stand in this line of Spirit-gifted women. Thematic coherence is good though there is no verbal borrowing of the Miriam scene specifically.

Medium confidence
Elsewhere in Exodus 15
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