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Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow to me: I am the LORD.
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 you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die.
from Leviticus 22:2
Therefore every one that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
from Numbers 18:32
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
from Leviticus 19:8
If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before your altar in this house:
from Leviticus 5:1
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
from Acts 20:21
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 20:24
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
from Acts 9:15
For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the pagans, says the LORD of hosts.
from Romans 1:5
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles in the distance, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
from Malachi 1:11
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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:
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 13:38
He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be damned.
from Acts 2:38 · a strong link
Jesus answered them, This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent.
from Mark 16:16 · a strong link
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, and your house.
from John 6:29
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him.
from Acts 16:31
And what can David say more to you? for you, Lord GOD, know your servant.
from Genesis 18:19
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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.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
from Acts 17:31
And Jesus said, I am: and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
from Matthew 25:31
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
from Mark 14:62
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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
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
from Matthew 27:2
For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
from Luke 13:1
For, look, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.
from I Peter 4:17 · 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.
To a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you; for you are a stiff-necked people: lest I consume you in the way.
from Acts 7:51
Get you up from among this congregation, so that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
from Exodus 33:3
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment.
from Numbers 16:45
Now therefore let me alone, so that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation.
from Numbers 16:21
I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a greater nation and mightier than they.
from Exodus 32:10 · a strong link
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And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles.
Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send you,
from Acts 22:21
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.
from Acts 26:17
Be strong and courageous, do not fear, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD your God, he it is that does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.
from Jeremiah 1:8
Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
from Deuteronomy 31:6 · a strong link
And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and courageous: for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you.
from Ephesians 6:10
And Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and courageous: for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.
from Deuteronomy 31:23
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Leviticus 22:2 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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