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And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
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 Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house, and his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
from II Samuel 6:14
Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with your tabrets, and shall go forth in the dances of them that celebrate.
from Judges 11:34 · a strong link
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
from Jeremiah 31:4
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
from Jeremiah 31:13 · a strong link
Praise him with the tambourine and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
from Psalms 30:11
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As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
from I Corinthians 8:4
To you it was shown, so that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
from Isaiah 44:6 · a strong link
Fear not, neither be afraid: have not I told you from that time, and have declared it? you are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yes, there is no God; I know not any.
from Deuteronomy 4:35
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside you: neither is there any rock like our God.
from Isaiah 44:8 · a strong link
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By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.
from John 13:34
For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
from John 15:12
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But the anointing which you have received of him remains in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall remain in him.
As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk you in him:
from I John 2:27
That you might walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
from Colossians 2:6 · a strong link
Trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
from Colossians 1:10
I beg you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, who is your spiritual worship.
from Ephesians 5:10
By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
from Romans 12:1
The Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
from Hebrews 10:20
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And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, varieties of tongues.
Greet all your leaders, and all the saints. They of Italy greet you.
from I Corinthians 12:28 · a strong link
Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
from Hebrews 13:24 · a strong link
So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
from Hebrews 13:17
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
from Ezekiel 33:7
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have the words of eternal life.
from Acts 5:20 · a strong link
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I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to you.
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart.
from I Chronicles 29:17
But to them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
from Hebrews 4:12
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
from I Corinthians 1:24
In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
from Luke 11:49
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Clean out therefore the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
But God judges those outside. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
from I Corinthians 5:7
Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them with stones that they die; the young woman, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor’s wife: so you shall put away evil from among you.
from I Corinthians 5:13
And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not make merchandise of her, because you have humbled her.
from Deuteronomy 22:24
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from II Samuel 6:14 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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