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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As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesLet the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Mark
Gospels / MarkOr when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Matthew
GospelsBut put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesThey shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers
LawTo take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
Genesis
LawHe gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
Psalms
PoetryAnd at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Matthew
GospelsBehold, your house is left unto you desolate.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFlee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownFor all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
1 Kings
HistoryBut Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.