These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
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And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.
Numbers
LawAnd the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
Judges
History / SamuelThen the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
Judges
HistoryAnd I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelIn that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
Micah
Minor ProphetsBlessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsFor whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulCalled of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
1 Kings
HistoryHelp us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
Psalms
PoetryTake heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
Deuteronomy
LawHe hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
Job
WisdomAnd for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
Leviticus
Law / MosesIf one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThat thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.