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Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, neither take a census of them among the children of Israel:
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 those that were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
from Numbers 1:49
But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said to them.
from Numbers 26:62
Therefore Levi has no part nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD your God promised him.
from Joshua 13:33
The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
from Deuteronomy 10:9
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith in me.
from Acts 20:21
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
from Acts 26:18 · a strong link
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shone.
from Isaiah 42:7
The people who sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
from Isaiah 9:2 · a strong link
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
from Matthew 4:16
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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 all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
from Acts 13:38
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
from II Corinthians 5:18
And this spoke he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
from I John 2:2 · a strong link
And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
from John 11:51
And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, please, bring me here the ephod. And Abiathar brought there the ephod to David.
from I Samuel 23:9 · a strong link
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
from I Samuel 30:7
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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
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
from Matthew 25:31
Which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
from Luke 22:69
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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
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus; whom you delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
from Matthew 27:2 · a strong link
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
from Acts 3:13
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas:
from John 19:15
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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.
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
from Acts 7:51
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
from Philippians 3:3
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
from Galatians 6:13
Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with the yoke of slavery.
from II Peter 2:19
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
from Galatians 5:1
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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
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
from Acts 9:15 · a strong link
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
from Acts 13:2 · a strong link
Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.
from Galatians 1:15 · a strong link
Your eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when yet there was none of them.
from Jeremiah 1:5 · a strong link
Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
from Psalms 139:16
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Numbers 1:49 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
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