The Vigil

from Leviticus 25:9

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Leviticus 25:9

Then shall you cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall you make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

Leviticus 23:27

Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.

from Leviticus 25:9

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

from Leviticus 23:27

Acts 10:34

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Truly I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

from Acts 11:15

Luke 20:21

And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither accept you the person of any, but teach the way of God truly:

from Acts 10:34


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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.

Mark 12:29

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

from I Corinthians 8:4

Romans 3:30

Seeing it is one God, who shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

from Mark 12:29

Galatians 3:8

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the pagans through faith, preached before the gospel to Abraham, saying, In you shall all nations be blessed.

from Romans 3:30 · a strong link

Genesis 12:3

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 Galatians 3:8 · a strong link


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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.

Titus 2:13

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;

from I John 3:16

II Timothy 4:8

From now on there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing.

from Titus 2:13 · a strong link

Colossians 1:5

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

from II Timothy 4:8


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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.

I John 1:8

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

from II John 1:2

Job 15:14

What is man, so that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, so that he should be righteous?

from Job 14:4


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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.

Hebrews 13:17

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

I Samuel 15:19

Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but did fly upon the plunder, and did evil in the sight of the LORD?

from Hebrews 13:17

I Samuel 14:32

And the people flew upon the plunder, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

from I Samuel 15:19


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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.

Jeremiah 17:10

I the LORD search the heart, I try the inmost thoughts, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

from I Chronicles 29:17 · a strong link

Psalms 62:12

Also to you, O Lord, belongs mercy: for you render to every man according to his work.

from Jeremiah 17:10 · a strong link

I Corinthians 3:8

Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

from Psalms 62:12

Daniel 12:3

And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

from I Corinthians 3:8


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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:

That is the whole thread.

Every verse the cross-references reach from Leviticus 25:9 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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