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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How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsDepart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
Acts
History / LukeHe made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraVerily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
Genesis
LawI should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Job
Wisdom / JobNot to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Exodus
LawThen sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahIf we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
Acts
HistoryNow Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
Ruth
HistoryBut if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesSo Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBehold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Acts
HistoryThe Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.