That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
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And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Exodus
LawAll the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
Luke
GospelsAnd I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelA proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs
WisdomTheir knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
Exodus
Law / MosesYe shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
Mark
Gospels / MarkMore to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psalms
PoetryThen he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.