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Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.
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.
However no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD.
from Numbers 18:14 · a strong link
But of the cities of these people, who the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes:
from Leviticus 27:28
And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
from Deuteronomy 20:16
And Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If you shall without fail deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,
from Numbers 21:2
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your maidservant, and remember me, and not forget your maidservant, but will give to your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
from Judges 11:30
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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.
Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
from I Corinthians 8:4
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying to me, Do not fear; I am the first and the last:
from Isaiah 44:6 · a strong link
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
from Revelation of John 1:17 · a strong link
And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were greatly afraid.
from Daniel 10:8
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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.
This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.
from I John 3:16
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also.
from John 15:12 · a strong link
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
from I John 4:21
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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.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
from I John 2:27
So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
from Hebrews 8:10
And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
from Ezekiel 39:22
And shall return to the LORD your God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;
from Jeremiah 24:7
Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
from Deuteronomy 30:2
Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck, and he will bind us up.
from Joel 2:12
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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.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
from I Corinthians 12:28
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and honor such people:
from I Timothy 5:17 · a strong link
For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge you them that are such.
from Philippians 2:29 · a strong link
And we beg you, brothers, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
from I Corinthians 16:18
That you submit yourselves to such, and to every one that helps with us, and labors.
from I Thessalonians 5:12
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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.
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
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.
from Jeremiah 17:10
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my inmost thoughts and my heart.
from Proverbs 17:3 · a strong link
You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
from Psalms 26:2 · a strong link
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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 you put off your old self, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
from I Corinthians 5:7
But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
from Ephesians 4:22 · a strong link
He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but whoever walks wisely, he shall be delivered.
from Hebrews 3:13 · a strong link
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Numbers 18:14 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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