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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This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesPass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
Amos
Minor ProphetsThey saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
Exodus
LawAnd Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHe setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTo me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIf we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
Acts
HistoryAnd shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers
LawThese are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus
LawAnd it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
Joshua
HistoryAnd thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
Luke
GospelsOne Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNone eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
Genesis
LawAnd Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
1 Samuel
HistoryHear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
Amos
Minor ProphetsThe children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.