Exodus 2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
Cross-reference
Exodus 1:22
Historical context
Exodus 1:22 is Pharaoh's decree to drown Hebrew boys — this basket is a defiant response, placing Moses directly in the Nile yet saving him.
Matthew 2:13
Typology
Matthew 2:13 again echoes this: as Moses was placed in a basket to flee, Joseph takes Jesus to Egypt to flee Herod's slaughter.
Matthew 2:16
Contrast
Matthew 2:16 describes Herod's massacre of infants, the very evil this basket was meant to escape — a parallel threat to the Messiah.
Acts 7:19
Historical context
Acts 7:19 recounts Pharaoh's command to expose infants, providing the context for why Moses' mother placed him in the Nile.
Genesis 6:14
Allusion
In Genesis 6:14, Noah uses pitch to waterproof the ark — the same waterproofing material used on the basket here.