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And they drew out the poles of the ark, that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark before the inner sanctuary; but they were not seen without. And there it is to this day.
The Vigil
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And they drew out the poles, that the ends of the poles were seen out in the holy place before the inner sanctuary, and they were not seen without: and there they are to this day.
from II Chronicles 5:9
And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
from I Kings 8:8
And they shall put upon it all its vessels, with which they minister about it, even the censers, the meat-forks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the poles of it.
from Exodus 37:4
And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood: five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth; it was foursquare; and three cubits its height.
from Numbers 4:14
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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 the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men everywhere to repent:
from Acts 20:21
Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and patience; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
from Acts 17:30
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
from Romans 2:4 · a strong link
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath has come upon them completely.
from Romans 9:22
And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles.
from I Thessalonians 2:16
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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
For the Scripture says, Whoever believes on him shall not be ashamed.
from Acts 10:43
As it is written, Look, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense: and whoever believes on him shall not be ashamed.
from Romans 10:11 · a strong link
For this reason I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him for that day.
from Romans 9:33 · a strong link
O my God, I trust in you: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.
from II Timothy 1:12
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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.
Before the LORD; for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
from Acts 17:31
Say among the pagans that the LORD reigns: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
from Psalms 98:9
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for you shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
from Psalms 96:10
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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,
And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
from Acts 4:27 · a strong link
And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
from Matthew 27:2 · a strong link
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
from Matthew 20:19
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say to him, What do you do?
from Acts 2:23
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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.
For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into the midst of you in a moment, and consume you: therefore now put off your ornaments from you, so that I may know what to do to you.
from Acts 7:51 · a strong link
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment.
from Exodus 33:5
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 when it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
from Acts 23:12
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
from Acts 23:14
Look, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
from Jeremiah 8:12
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
from Psalms 52:7
And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answers again, and said to them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
from Psalms 49:6
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not arrogant, nor trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
from Mark 10:24
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from II Chronicles 5:9 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
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