Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'eat' occurs 714 times in the standard works.

337 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'eat' in the standard works and contain 47.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 143 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 12:15-27 (16 in 13 verses)

Lev. 22:4-16 (13 in 13 verses)

Deut. 14:3-12 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Kgs. 4:40-44 (7 in 5 verses)

Ex. 12:7-11 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 3:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 2:8-3:3 (6 in 6 verses)

Moses 4:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)


Num. 11:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

 11:18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

 11:19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

 11:20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

 11:21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.




Deut. 15:22-16:3 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezek. 4:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

John 6:49-53 (5 in 5 verses)

Jer. 5:17 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 6:28-29 (4 in 2 verses)

Gen. 3:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

Moses 4:23-25 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 3:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 11:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Lev. 25:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 18:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

Deut. 14:20-23 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 9:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 7:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 8:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Moses 4:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Sam. 9:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 29:32-33 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Mark 6:36-37 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 12:43-45 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 6:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 10:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 11:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 17:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 13:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 14:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 13:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 39:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

John 4:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 11:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 24:33 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 27:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 31:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 43:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 10:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 16:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 23:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 8:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 26:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ruth 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 9:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 19:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 14:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 53:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 13:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 7:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 9:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 37:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 51:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 19:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 5:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 12:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 2:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 14:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:31 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 17:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 19:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 11:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 19:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 11:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 28:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 78:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 23:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 2:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 4:16-5:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 55:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 9:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 15:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 17:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 22:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 11:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 520 2027 2547
Gen. 49 108 157
Ex. 41 106 147
Lev. 62 117 179
Num. 20 97 117
Deut. 65 102 167
Josh. 3 44 47
Judg. 11 40 51
Ruth 2 7 9
1 Sam. 18 76 94
2 Sam. 21 62 83
1 Kgs. 29 61 90
2 Kgs. 26 53 79
1 Chr. 1 44 45
2 Chr. 4 79 83
Ezra 4 17 21
Neh. 6 38 44
Esth. 1 13 14
Job 4 84 88
Ps. 17 199 216
Prov. 15 54 69
Eccl. 12 22 34
Song. 2 4 6
Isa. 30 103 133
Jer. 17 116 133
Lam. 1 16 17
Ezek. 31 181 212
Dan. 6 62 68
Hosea 6 11 17
Joel 1 26 27
Amos 4 17 21
Obad. 1 5 6
Jonah 0 11 11
Micah 3 7 10
Nahum 1 5 6
Hab. 1 7 8
Zeph. 0 4 4
Hag. 1 3 4
Zech. 4 17 21
Mal. 0 9 9
NT 135 722 857
BM 30 1261 1291
DC 8 279 287
PGP 21 166 187
TOTAL 714 4455 5169

Num. 1:51
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Num. 3:10
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Num. 3:38
But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Num. 4:16
And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

Num. 6:3
He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

Num. 6:4
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

Num. 6:15
And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.

Num. 6:17
And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 7:13
And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:19
He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:25
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:31
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:37
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:43
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:49
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:55
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:61
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:67
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:73
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:79
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Num. 7:87
All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.

Num. 7:89
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

Num. 8:4
And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

Num. 8:8
Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.

Num. 9:11
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Num. 11:4
And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Num. 11:5
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

Num. 11:8
And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

Num. 11:10
Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

Num. 11:13
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

Num. 11:18
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

Num. 11:19
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

Num. 11:21
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

Num. 11:33
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

Num. 13:28
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

Num. 13:32
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

Num. 14:12
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

Num. 14:17
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

Num. 14:18
The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Num. 14:19
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

Num. 14:39
And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

Num. 15:4
Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.

Num. 15:6
Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.

Num. 15:9
Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.

Num. 15:19
Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord.

Num. 15:24
Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.

Num. 15:35
And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

Num. 16:29
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.

Num. 18:7
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the veil; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Num. 18:9
This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

Num. 18:10
In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

Num. 18:11
And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

Num. 18:12
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee.

Num. 18:13
And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.

Num. 18:31
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Num. 22:17
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

Num. 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

Num. 23:24
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Num. 24:8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

Num. 24:9
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

Num. 24:11
Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.

Num. 25:2
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

Num. 28:5
And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.

Num. 28:8
And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

Num. 28:9
And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:

Num. 28:12
And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;

Num. 28:13
And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.

Num. 28:17
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

Num. 28:20
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;

Num. 28:24
After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 28:26
Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

Num. 28:28
And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,

Num. 28:31
Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.

Num. 29:3
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,

Num. 29:6
Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.

Num. 29:9
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,

Num. 29:11
One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.

Num. 29:14
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,

Num. 29:16
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 29:18
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

Num. 29:19
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.

Num. 29:21
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

Num. 29:22
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 29:24
Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

Num. 29:25
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 29:27
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

Num. 29:28
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 29:30
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

Num. 29:31
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 29:33
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

Num. 29:34
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 29:37
Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

Num. 29:38
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 29:39
These things ye shall do unto the Lord in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.

Num. 32:1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

Num. 34:6
And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

Num. 34:7
And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

Num. 35:16
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Num. 35:17
And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Num. 35:18
Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Num. 35:21
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

Num. 35:25
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

Num. 35:28
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.

Num. 35:30
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

Num. 35:31
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

Num. 35:32
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.