The Vigil

from Leviticus 2:4

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Leviticus 2:4

And if you bring an offering of a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

Exodus 29:2

And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shall you make them.

from Leviticus 2:4 · a strong link

Numbers 6:15

And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their grain offering, and their drink offerings.

from Exodus 29:2

Numbers 15:10

And you shall bring for a drink offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

from Numbers 6:15

Numbers 15:5

And the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering shall you prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.

from Numbers 15:10

Numbers 28:14

And their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine to a young bull, and a third of a hin to a ram, and a fourth part of a hin to a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

from Numbers 15:5


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I Corinthians 8:4

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.

Isaiah 41:29

Look, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their cast images are wind and confusion.

from Isaiah 41:24

Jeremiah 5:13

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done to them.

from Isaiah 41:29

Job 8:2

How long will you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

from Jeremiah 5:13


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I John 3:16

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.

Matthew 20:28

Even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

from I John 3:16

Galatians 3:13

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:

from Matthew 20:28

Hebrews 7:26

For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

from Galatians 3:13


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I John 2:27

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.

II John 1:8

Watch yourselves, that we do not lose what we have worked for, but that we receive a full reward.

from Colossians 2:6

Revelation of John 2:10

Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: look, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be faithful to death, and I will give you a crown of life.

from Revelation of John 3:11 · a strong link


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I Corinthians 12:28

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.

I Peter 2:4

To whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

from Ephesians 2:20 · a strong link

Mark 12:10

And have you not read this Scripture; The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone:

from Psalms 118:22 · a strong link

Matthew 21:16

And said to him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have perfected praise?

from Mark 12:10


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I Chronicles 29:17

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.

I Thessalonians 1:5

For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as you know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

from I Thessalonians 2:10 · a strong link

I Peter 1:12

To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did minister the things, which are now reported to you by them that have preached the gospel to you with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

from I Thessalonians 1:5

Daniel 8:13

Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said to that certain saint which spoke, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

from I Peter 1:12


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I Corinthians 5:7

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:

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

from I Corinthians 5:7

Revelation of John 5:8

And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden bowls full of odors, which are the prayers of saints.

from John 1:29 · a strong link

That is the whole thread.

Every verse the cross-references reach from Leviticus 2:4 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.

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