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Numbers 35:6

Numbers 35:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

six cities for refuge: Numbers 35:13-14; Deuteronomy 4:41-43; Joshua 20:2-9, Joshua 21:3, Joshua 21:13, Joshua 21:21, Joshua 21:27, Joshua 21:32, Joshua 21:36, Joshua 21:38; Psalms 9:9; Psalms 62:7-8, Psalms 142:4-5; Isaiah 4:6; Matthew 11:28; Hebrews 6:18

to them ye shall add: Heb. above them ye shall give

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