The Vigil

from Leviticus 22:32

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Leviticus 22:32

Neither shall you profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,

Ezekiel 37:28

And the pagans shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

from Leviticus 20:8

Exodus 31:13

Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, Truly my Sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the LORD that does sanctify you.

from Ezekiel 37:28


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Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

Leviticus 21:21

No man that has a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

from Leviticus 10:3

Leviticus 21:6

They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

from Leviticus 21:21

Leviticus 3:11

And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire to the LORD.

from Leviticus 21:6 · a strong link

Numbers 28:2

Command the children of Israel, and say to them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a pleasing aroma to me, shall you observe to offer to me in their due season.

from Leviticus 3:11

Genesis 8:21

And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again strike any more everything living, as I have done.

from Numbers 28:2

Ezekiel 20:41

I will accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the pagans.

from Genesis 8:21


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Jude 1:24

Now to him that is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

II Corinthians 4:14

Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

from Jude 1:24 · a strong link

Romans 8:11

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.

from II Corinthians 4:14

John 7:38

He that believes on me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

from Romans 8:11

John 4:10

Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.

from John 7:38 · a strong link

Psalms 36:8

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

from John 4:10


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Jude 1:11

Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

II Peter 2:15

Which have forsaken the right way, and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

from Jude 1:11 · a strong link

Acts 13:10

And said, O full of all deceit and all mischief, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

from II Peter 2:15

Acts 18:25

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

from Acts 13:10

Acts 19:3

And he said to them, To what then were you baptized? And they said, To John’s baptism.

from Acts 18:25 · a strong link


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Luke 2:14

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Psalms 85:9

Surely his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

from Luke 2:14

Zechariah 2:5

For I, says the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire around, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

from Psalms 85:9 · a strong link

Zechariah 9:8

And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passes by, and because of him that returns: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes.

from Zechariah 2:5


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Luke 18:7

And shall not God give justice to his own elect, which cry day and night to him, though he bear long with them?

I Timothy 5:5

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

from Luke 18:7

Luke 18:1

And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

from I Timothy 5:5

Genesis 32:24

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

from Luke 18:1

Genesis 32:30

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

from Genesis 32:24

Numbers 12:8

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he look: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

from Genesis 32:30 · a strong link

I Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror, dimly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

from Numbers 12:8


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Luke 14:26

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Acts 20:24

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 Luke 14:26 · a strong link

Acts 9:15

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

II Timothy 4:16

At my first defense no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

from Acts 9:15

Acts 7:60

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

from II Timothy 4:16 · a strong link

I Thessalonians 4:13

But I do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning them which are asleep, so that you may not grieve, even as others which have no hope.

from Acts 7:60

That is the whole thread.

Every verse the cross-references reach from Leviticus 22:32 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.

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