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.
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That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThey shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Ezra
HistoryMachnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Ezra
HistoryYet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
2 Kings
HistoryWilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Job
Wisdom / JobAll the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
Exodus
LawTherefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
Job
Wisdom / JobWhat is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
Acts
HistoryYea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
Psalms
PoetryIf it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
Esther
History / MordecaiThe great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Deuteronomy
LawSo that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThey compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.