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.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Psalms
PoetryIf when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
1 Samuel
HistoryThou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThese also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
Leviticus
Law / MosesYe have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Matthew
GospelsIn the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
Exodus
LawSon of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
1 Samuel
HistoryFor the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTo understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs
WisdomBut there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
Daniel
Major ProphetsThou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawWherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews
General EpistlesTherefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.