And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
Genesis
Law / MosesDid I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
1 Samuel
HistoryHe sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Psalms
PoetryHe shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Genesis
LawFor the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAs he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThat no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
Acts
History / LukeRedeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
Exodus
LawFor the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsThese were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
Nehemiah
HistoryThe harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.