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 my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
1 Chronicles
HistoryO righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
John
GospelsAnd if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsJoshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
Joshua
HistoryAnd at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Proverbs
WisdomHe turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Genesis
Law / MosesThe sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
Judges
History / SamuelHear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
Joshua
HistoryThe sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
Psalms
PoetryWhere no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
Acts
HistoryAnd I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
Esther
History / MordecaiAgain, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.