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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By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
Joshua
HistoryBut I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
John
Gospels / JohnBut in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
Judges
History / SamuelNow for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHe setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
Job
WisdomSeeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
Job
WisdomAshdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
Joshua
HistoryMy beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThen what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
Exodus
LawWho then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulA wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.