These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
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Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Exodus
LawAnd Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesA friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAlso I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahOn this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
Judges
History / SamuelBut as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Psalms
PoetryAnd this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
1 Kings
HistorySaying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHowbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTo give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
Acts
HistoryOf the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnMine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.