Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesTheir widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Luke
GospelsAnd it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSo Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBecause thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Matthew
GospelsAnd six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
Exodus
LawYe are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
Leviticus
Law / MosesNow it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
Matthew
GospelsAnd they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;