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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
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 his mother said to him, Upon me be your curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
from Genesis 27:8 · a strong link
And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
from Genesis 27:13
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
from II Samuel 14:9
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Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
And said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
from Leviticus 10:3
Look, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
from Isaiah 49:3
Look, the days come, says the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
from Isaiah 52:13
But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
from Jeremiah 23:5
Of this man’s seed has God according to his promise raised to Israel a Savior, Jesus:
from Jeremiah 30:9
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
from Acts 13:23 · a strong link
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Now to him that is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.
from Jude 1:24
The elders among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
from I Peter 4:13
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.
from I Peter 5:1
From now on there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing.
from I Peter 5:4 · a strong link
I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
from II Timothy 4:8
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Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
And in process of time it happened, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD.
from Jude 1:11
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given you.
from Genesis 4:3
The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in his mother’s milk.
from Numbers 18:12
That you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which you shall bring of your land that the LORD your God gives you, and shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name there.
from Exodus 34:26
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Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
from Luke 2:14
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you are called in one body; and be thankful.
from Romans 5:1
For all things are for your sakes, so that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many overflow to the glory of God.
from Colossians 3:15
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And shall not God give justice to his own elect, which cry day and night to him, though he bear long with them?
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some men count slowness; but is patience toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
from Luke 18:7
But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, patience, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
from II Peter 3:9 · a strong link
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
from Psalms 86:15
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, patience, and abundant in goodness and truth,
from Psalms 103:8 · a strong link
To the upright there arises light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
from Exodus 34:6
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
from Psalms 112:4 · a strong link
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If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant.
from Luke 14:26
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
from Deuteronomy 33:9
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
from Leviticus 21:11
And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the Passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
from Numbers 6:7
Listen now to my voice, I will give you counsel, and God shall be with you: Be for the people toward God, so that you may bring the causes to God:
from Numbers 9:6
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Genesis 27:8 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
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