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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Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Deuteronomy
LawTherefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
Psalms
PoetrySo ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Numbers
LawPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesWhoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs
WisdomThat they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielBecause thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts
HistoryBlessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
1 Kings
HistoryBut whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThough the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
Luke
GospelsOf the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
Psalms
PoetryThe Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahSay to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.