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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And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
Luke
GospelsAnd the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhich think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
Psalms
PoetryEvil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
John
GospelsAnd he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
Solomon's Song
PoetryWhen they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Hebrews
General EpistlesFor to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
Numbers
Law / MosesAs arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Psalms
PoetryYoung men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
Titus
Pauline EpistlesAnd Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAs he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Luke
GospelsClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
Acts
HistoryThen whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.