You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
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A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The Levites are set apart for the service of the tabernacle when the people 'lay their hands' on them. Since the seven are appointed precisely to 'serve tables' (a ministry of practical service), the Levitical consecration-by-handlaying for service may stand faintly behind the scene, but the verbal contact is thin and the Joshua-commissioning texts are the nearer parallel.
Low confidenceThe laying on of hands to set apart Barnabas and Saul for service echoes the Levitical rite where Israel lays hands on the Levites to consecrate them for the Lord's work. Verbal overlap is slight (a shared gesture rather than wording), but the thematic coherence of commissioning for sacred service is strong. Plausibility high given Luke's pervasive use of Pentateuchal cultic practice.
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