The Vigil

from Numbers 15:5

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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.

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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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 21:6

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 10:3

Leviticus 18:21

And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

from Leviticus 21:6 · a strong link

Malachi 1:12

But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and its fruit, even his food, is contemptible.

from Leviticus 18:21

Daniel 5:3

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

from Malachi 1:12


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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 5:19

Namely, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their trespasses to them; and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

from Psalms 32:2

Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you.

from II Corinthians 5:19

Isaiah 43:25

I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember your sins.

from Isaiah 44:22 · a strong link


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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.

Genesis 4:3

And in process of time it happened, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD.

from Jude 1:11

Numbers 18:12

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given you.

from Genesis 4:3

Deuteronomy 18:4

The firstfruit also of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.

from Numbers 18:12

Leviticus 23:17

You shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits to the LORD.

from Deuteronomy 18:4


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Luke 2:14

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

John 17:4

I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do.

from Luke 2:14

John 14:13

And whatever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

from John 17:4

Mark 11:24

Therefore I say to you, Whatever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.

from John 14:13 · a strong link


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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?

II Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some men count slowness; but is patience toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

from Luke 18:7

Exodus 34:6

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, patience, and abundant in goodness and truth,

from II Peter 3:9

Romans 5:20

Moreover the law entered, so that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

from Exodus 34:6

Galatians 3:19

Why then serves the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

from Romans 5:20

Hebrews 2:2

For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty;

from Galatians 3:19

Acts 7:53

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

from Hebrews 2:2 · a strong link


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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.

Philippians 3:8

Yes doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them as rubbish, so that I may win Christ,

from Luke 14:26 · a strong link

John 17:3

And this is life eternal, so that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

from Philippians 3:8 · a strong link

II Thessalonians 1:8

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

from John 17:3

Psalms 79:6

Pour out your wrath upon the pagans that have not known you, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon your name.

from II Thessalonians 1:8

Jeremiah 10:25

Pour out your fury upon the pagans that know you not, and upon the families that call not on your name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

from Psalms 79:6 · a strong link

That is the whole thread.

Every verse the cross-references reach from Numbers 15:5 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.

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