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And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
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.
Now the children of Israel after their number, namely, the heads of the fathers' houses and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the divisions, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every division were twenty-four thousand.
from I Samuel 8:12
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
from I Chronicles 27:1
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their commandment.
from I Chronicles 13:1
Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
from I Chronicles 12:32 · a strong link
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
from Acts 20:21 · a strong link
And now why do you wait? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
from Acts 2:38 · a strong link
Do you not know, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
from Acts 22:16
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
from Romans 6:3
Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
from Romans 6:8
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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:
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
from Acts 13:38 · a strong link
And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
from Luke 24:47
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
from Genesis 12:3
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Look, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
from Psalms 72:17
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
from Isaiah 7:14 · a strong link
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, please, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
from Isaiah 8:10
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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, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
from Acts 17:31
And I saw heaven opened, and look, a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does judge and make war.
from Psalms 96:13 · a strong link
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: look, your King comes to you: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.
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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
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered to him the whole band of soldiers.
from Matthew 20:19
Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?
from Matthew 27:27 · a strong link
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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.
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.
from Acts 7:51
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
from Acts 6:10
And the LORD said to him, Who has made man’s mouth? or who makes the mute, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
from Luke 21:15
And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
from Exodus 4:11
In that day shall your mouth be opened to him which has escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more mute: and you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
from Ezekiel 3:26
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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
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
from Acts 9:15
But now is made manifest, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
from Romans 1:5 · a strong link
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone;
from Romans 16:26
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
from Ephesians 2:20 · a strong link
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
from Ephesians 4:11
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from I Samuel 8:12 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.
The text is the Lantern Modern Standard. The links are openbible.info’s cross-reference set (CC BY), the same apparatus behind the reader’s Echoes drawer. Read a whole book · Today’s table