Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
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And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
2 Kings
HistoryFor truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Job
WisdomThus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
Psalms
PoetryA time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWho teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Numbers
LawAnd unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahYet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
Deuteronomy
LawIf thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAfter these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Esther
History / MordecaiFor who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
Genesis
LawAnd if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsThey come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
Leviticus
Law / MosesHowbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Acts
HistoryThen those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
John
GospelsThe things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.