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And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
And you shall offer every day a young bull for a sin offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you have made an atonement for it, and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
from Exodus 40:10
And you shall anoint the tent of meeting with it, and the ark of the covenant,
from Exodus 29:36
And it happened on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all its instruments, both the altar and all its vessels, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;
from Exodus 30:26 · a strong link
And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them.
from Numbers 7:1
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
from Acts 20:21
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
from Mark 6:12
Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O you house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
from Ezekiel 18:30
Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
from Ezekiel 33:20
Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
from Ezekiel 18:25 · a strong link
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Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:
I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
from Acts 13:38
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whoever believes in him shall receive remission of sins.
from I John 2:12 · a strong link
And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
from Acts 10:43
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
from Luke 24:44
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
from Luke 24:26 · a strong link
And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for anything of all that he has done in trespassing in it.
from Hebrews 9:22 · a strong link
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Because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
from Acts 17:31
To him that overcomes I will grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
from Matthew 25:31
And he that overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him I will give power over the nations:
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For truly against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
By stretching forth your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of your holy child Jesus.
from Acts 4:27 · a strong link
Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
from Acts 4:30
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have you done this?
from Acts 3:6
And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority?
from Acts 4:7
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You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.
To a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you; for you are a stiff-necked people: lest I consume you in the way.
from Acts 7:51
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment.
from Exodus 33:3
Get you up from among this congregation, so that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
from Numbers 16:21
Speak to the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
from Numbers 16:45
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And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles.
But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
from Acts 22:21 · a strong link
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
from Acts 9:15 · a strong link
But all these works that one and the very same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
from Acts 13:2 · a strong link
But we will not boast of things beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God has distributed to us, a measure to reach even to you.
from I Corinthians 12:11
Yes, so have I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
from II Corinthians 10:13
For we are laborers together with God: you are God’s husbandry, you are God’s building.
from Romans 15:20
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Exodus 40:10 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.
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