All 208 verses in the Bible that mention “REFUGE”

And [Caanan fathers] the Arvadites [of Arvad, a rovers' Refuge island-city in Palestine], and the Zemarites [a community joined like bricks in a wall], and the Hamathite[s]. The families of the Canaanite {Mercenaries} [continue to] spread abroad [to this day, 😇].

Genesis 46:11

[Egyptian wives eye] the sons of Levi {Uniter}: Gershon {Refugee}, Kohath {Ally}, and Merari {Bitter}, [father of female JahKebed].

Exodus 2:22

[Time passes, 😇]. Zipporah {Bird} births Moses a son. [Moses] names the boy Gershom {Refugee}. For Moses says, “[All my life,] I've been a foreigner in strange countrie[s].”

Exodus 6:16

And [Moses & Aaron confront] the multiplied generations of descendants of Levi's [sons]: Gershon {Refugee}, Kohath {Ally}, and Merari {Bitter}—[sons whom] Levi {Uniter} fathered during his 137 years of life, 😇.

Exodus 6:17

And [Moses & Aaron confront] the many families descended from [the sons of] Gershon {Refugee}: Libni {Little-Whitey} and Shimi {Famous}.

Exodus 21:13

But, 😇, if [the killing] was unintentional —if it was an accident, an ‘act of Elohim’—I'll set aside a place to which the killer can flee for Refuge.

Exodus 21:14

But, 😇, if a man attacks his neighbor intentionally, scheming to murder him, [anyone can] drag the killer away and put him to death, [even if the murderer seeks Refuge at] my altar.
Only on the testimony of two bona-fide eyewitnesses. There is no jail in Hebrew Law. You're either dead or you're free. Jails are unsustainable debt-machines. It costs more than a man can earn in a year to house and feed that man in a jail.

Numbers (Journeys) 3:17

Levi's three sons (named Gershon {Refugee}, Kohath {Ally} and Merari {Bitter}) become the ancestors of the clans bearing their names.

Numbers (Journeys) 3:18

These are the clans named after the sons of Gershon {Refugee}: Libni {White} and Shimei {Renowned}.

Numbers (Journeys) 3:21

Gershon {Refugee} fathered the clans of Livni {Whitey} and Shim‘i {Famous}; that's why they're called the Gershonite clans.

Numbers (Journeys) 3:23

The Gershon {Refugee} clans pitch [camp] behind the tabernacle [seaward,] on the west, 😇.

Numbers (Journeys) 3:24

ELiAsaph {El-Gathers} (son of LaEl {Belongs-To-El}) [governs as] chief of the ancestral clan [descended] from Gershon {Refugee}.

Numbers (Journeys) 3:25

The responsibilities of the sons of Gershon {Refugee} in “Tabernacle” include:

the meeting tent itself,

the hanging for its entrance,

and the tent-covering.

Numbers (Journeys) 4:22

“Take a gross head-count of the male descendants of Gershon {Refugee}. Sub-total [this count] by clan and family.
Again, not a human enumeration census but a historical tally.

Numbers (Journeys) 4:27

Aaron and his sons supervise all the work of the Gershon {Refugee} clan in carrying loads and [installing and taking down the hangings, tapestries, etc. Aaron and his sons] assign [specific men to specific] carrying tasks.

Numbers (Journeys) 4:28

The following describes the duties of the families of the sons of Gershon {Refugee} in the congregational tent. They work under the supervising hand of Ithamar {Palm-Coast}, the son of [High] priest Aaron.

Numbers (Journeys) 4:38

[Next Moses sums] the total count of the sons of Gershon {Refugee}, subtotaled by family and ancestral clan.

Numbers (Journeys) 4:41

This is the number of [men] from the families of the sons of Gershon {Refugee} eligible to do service in the congregational tent. [The scribes of this text hereby certify that] Moses and Aaron counted the [Gershonites] just as YHVH commanded.

Numbers (Journeys) 7:7

[Moses] entrusts 2 wagons and 4 oxen to the sons of Gershon {Refugee}, [to help them in their sacred government] duties.

Numbers (Journeys) 10:17

[The priests] dismantle the Sanctuary [tent]. Then the descendants of Gershon {Refugee} and the descendants of Merari {Bitter} set forward, carrying the [pieces of the] Sanctuary.

Numbers (Journeys) 26:17

[Then the scribes count the sons of]:

Arod {Refuge}, the forefather of the Arodites,

[and the sons] of Areli {Hero}, the forefather of the Arelites {Heros}.

Moses Counts The Levite [Priests]Numbers (Journeys) 26:57

[Next, 😇, the scribes count] the Levites by clan, [including the sons]:

of Gershon {Refugee}, the forefather of the Gershuni [clan],

[and] of Kohath {Ally}, the forefather of the K'hati {Allies},

[and] of Merari {Bitter}, the forefather of the Merarii [clan].

Numbers (Journeys) 35:6

And among the cities you'll assign to the Levites, provide 6 “Cities-Of-Refuge”. Dedicate these [towns as safe-zones] for any [innocent] man-slayer to flee to. Plus, assign the [Levites] 42 more cities.

Numbers (Journeys) 35:11

Then designate for yourselves towns earmarked as cities of Refuge for your [nation]. So any man-slayer who kills any human by accident can flee [to safety].

Numbers (Journeys) 35:12

These cities will serve as your [nation's] Refuges. So when an avenger comes to kill whoever [he thinks] killed his [relative], the [accused man-slayer] won't die unless he stands before a community trial [where two bona-fide eyewitness testify that they saw him intentionally murder the victim].
This is a tremendous use of resources to protect the innocent. YHVH values innocent human life much higher than people value it.

Numbers (Journeys) 35:13

So, [I repeat,] 6 of the [48] cities you grant [to the priests] will be cities of Refuge [for unintentional killers].

Numbers (Journeys) 35:14

As “cities of Refuge,” donate 3 cities on this [east] side of the Jordan [river]. Later, in the land of Canaan {LowLand}, you'll donate 3 [more] cities.

Numbers (Journeys) 35:15

These 6 cities will be Refuges not only for the People of Israel, but for foreigners [passing through] and for aliens living among [the Israelites]. So, 😇, anyone [of whatever derivation] who kills any person by mistake may flee there.

Numbers (Journeys) 35:25

The community must deliver the [innocent man-slayer] out of the hands of the avenger-of-blood. The community must return [the man-slayer] to his chosen city of Refuge, where he [originally] fled. He'll live there until the death of the high priest whom [the previous High Priest] anointed with [YAH's] holy oil.

Numbers (Journeys) 35:26

But, 😇, if at any time the man-slayer ventures beyond the border of the city of his Refuge where he fled—

Numbers (Journeys) 35:27

—if the avenger-of-blood finds [the man-slayer] outside the borders of the city of his Refuge, and the avenger-of-blood kills the man-slayer, [the avenger] won't be guilty of [shedding innocent] blood, 😇.

Numbers (Journeys) 35:28

[The man-slayer] should have remained in the city of his Refuge until the high priest's death, 😇. Only after the death of the high priest can the [man-slayer] return [to live] in the land he owns.

Sanctuary Cities For Unintentional ManslayersDeuteronomy 19:2

In the middle of your land which YHVH your Elohim gives you to own, separate 3 [emergency-Refuge] cities [to protect falsely-accused people in] your [society].

Deuteronomy 32:37

[YHVH] warns, “Where is their [false] god now, 😇? [Shattered shards are all that remain of] the “rock” in whom the [pagans] took Refuge.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The eternal Elohim is your Refuge, 😇. [His] everlasting arms lie underneath [you. He carries you through the struggles of life. YAH] drives out your haters in front of your [delighted] face[s]. He shouts, “Die, [enemies of the righteous]!”

Joshua 20:2

[YAH says,] “Address the children of Israel. Tell [them], ‘Select and reserve for yourselves the cities of Refuge I spoke to you about via Moses:

Joshua 20:3

These [cities] will function as your [peoples'] Refuge from avengers-of-blood. A man-slayer who kills anyone by mistake, without forethought, may flee there.
Avenger-of-blood and redeemer mean the same thing. Yahshua, the Messiah, is both an avenger of blood and a redeemer. He kills the enemies of his people.

Joshua 20:4

[Here's the Hebrew protective-custody protocol:] A [falsely-accused] person flees to a [Refuge] city. He stands outside the city entrance gate. Then, to the ears of the elders of that city, [he] declares [that he's being chased by an avenger for a crime he didn't intentionally commit]. The elders take the [accused] manslayer into the city with them. They give him a place where he can [safely] live among them.

Joshua 20:7

So, [as cities of Refuge], the [Israelites] appoint:

Kedesh {Sanctum} in Galilee [Heathen-Circle] in [the] hills [of] Naphtali {Wrestler},

and Shechem {Neck} in [the] hills [of] Ephraim {Double-Fruit},

and Kirjath-Arba {City-Of-The-4-Giants} [aka] Hebron {Society}, in the hills of Judah {Celebrated}.

Joshua 21:6

And to the [priestly] descendants of Gershon {Refugee}, the lot assigns 13 cities out of [regions belonging to] the families of the tribes of Issachar {Reward}, Asher {Happy}, Naphtali {Wrestler}, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan {Fruitful}.

Joshua 21:13

And to the descendants of [High] priest Aaron, [Judah & Simeon] give [the city of]

Hebron {Society} with her pasturelands, to be a city of Refuge for [innocent] manslayer[s];

and Libnah {White-Tree} with her pasturelands;

Joshua 21:27

And to the Levite families descended from Gershon {Refugee}, the [eastern] half-tribe of Manasseh gives 2 cities: Golan {Exile} in Bashan {Fruitful} with her pasturelands (to be a city of Refuge for manslayer[s]) and Beeshterah {Flock} with her pasturelands.

Joshua 21:38

Finally, the tribe of Gad [gives the priests] 4 cities: Ramoth {Heights} (with her pasturelands) in Gilead {Monument-Mound} as a city of Refuge for manslayer[s]; and Mahanaim {Double-Camp} with her pasturelands.

Judges 6:2

The power of [the] Midianite {Brawlers} smashes Israel down, 😇. So Israel's Refugees [flee]. They carve out dens in the mountains. The [Israelis hide in] caves and other safe [hiding places].

Judges 18:30

There Dan's brats erect [Micah's] carved idol. [Beneath it,] JAHnathan {JAH's-Gift} (a descendant of Moses' son Gershom {Refugee}) and his sons [play] priests to the [evil] tribe of Dan until the day the [people of north Israel's] land go into slavery.

Judges 21:13

Then the united [Israeli] congregation sends some [ambassadors] to proclaim peace to the Benjamite [Refugee] men [hiding] at Rimmon {Pomegranate} Rock. [The messengers summon the Benjamites to take the kidnapped girls as wives!]

1st Samuel 30:12

Then [David's men] give [the Egyptian Refugee] a piece of a fig-cake, and two clusters of raisins. He eats the [food]. His energy returns. [He croaks, "I] haven't eaten any food, nor drunk any water, for 3 days and 3 nights.”

1st Samuel 30:13

Then David asks [the Refugee], “Who do you belong to? Where are you from?” [The Egyptian] replies, “I'm a young man from Egypt, a slave of an Amalekite {Blood-Licker}. 3 days ago I fell sick. So my master abandoned me.

2nd Samuel 15:20

—You emigrated here just ‘yesterday.’ So today I can't make you wander up and down the countryside with us [Refugees]. I could end up [fleeing] to who-knows-where. So return home with your kinsmen. [I pray that YAH's] loving-kindness and truth [shield] you.”

2nd Samuel 22:3

[My] Elohim [is] my rock-cliff, [my immovable defense]. I [forever] trust In him. [YAH] is my shield. [YAH] is the goring-horn who saves me. [YAH is] my high tower, my Refuge, my savior. You, [YAH,] save me from violence.

2nd Samuel 22:47

YHVH lives, 😇! Kneel [before] my ‘high-cliff-Refuge’. Exalt the Eloah, the rock to [whom] I [cling] for salvation.

1st Kings 11:40

So [king] Solomon {Peace-Man} tries to assassinate Jeroboam {Nation-Wrangler}. But Jeroboam mounts [his horse]. He flees [on a torturous, horse-killing ~250km trek southwest] to Egypt. [He takes Refuge under the protection of] Shishak, Egypt's king. [Jeroboam] stays in Egypt until Solomon dies.

1st Chronicles 4:13

Kenaz {Hunter} [fathers] these sons: OthniEl {Force-Of-El} and SeraYah {YAH-Wins}. OthniEl [fathers] these sons: Hathath {Prostrator} and Meonothai {Refuge} who fathers Ophrah {She-Fawn}.

1st Chronicles 5:26

So [YHVH] (Israel's ELohim) stirs up the spirit of Assyrian Emperor Pul [aka] Tilgath-Pileser. [Assyrian armies] carry away [many Israelites]: the Reubenites, the Gadites & the half-tribe of Manasseh {Sweet-Forgetting}. [Pagan soldiers drag these Israelites ~600km northeast] to Halah, Habor {United}, [mountainous] Hara, and to the river Gozan {Stone-Quarry}, [where many Israeli Refugees struggle to live] to this day, 😇.

A List Of Levi's Genealogy1st Chronicles 6:1

Levi {Uniter} [fathers] these sons: Gershon {Refugee}, Kohath {Ally}, and Merari {Bitter}.

1st Chronicles 6:16

[As before stated,] Levi {Uniter} [fathers] Gershom {Refugee}, Kohath {Ally}, and Merari {Bitter}.

Gershom, Kohath & Merari's Genealogies1st Chronicles 6:17

Gershom {Refugee} [fathers] Libni {White} and Shimei {Renowned}.

1st Chronicles 6:20

Gershom {Refugee} [fathers] Libni {White} who [fathers] Jahath {Unity} who [fathers] Zimmah {Scheme}.

1st Chronicles 6:43

- the son of Jahath {Unity}, the son of Gershom {Refugee}, the son of Levi {Uniter}.

1st Chronicles 6:57

So [YAH gives] the sons of Aaron the following cities in Judea: Hebron {Society} (a city of Refuge), and Libnah {White-Tree} with her surrounding land, and Jattir {Plenty} and Eshtemoa {Hear-&-Obey}, with their pasture-lands.

1st Chronicles 6:62

And to the families descended from Gershom {Refugee}, [YAH allots] 13 [ministerial] cities in Bashan {Fruitful} from the [territories of] the tribe of Issachar {Reward}, the tribe of Asher {Happy}, the tribe of Naphtali {Wrestler}, and the tribe of Manasseh {Sweet-Forgetting}.
Does your nation have any cities devoted to ministry?

1st Chronicles 6:67

And the [tribe of Ephraim] gives the [Kohathite priests] the city of Refuge [named] Shechem {Neck} in mount Ephraim with her surrounding land. Plus the [Ephraimites] donate Gezer {Cut-Land} with her surrounding land;

1st Chronicles 6:71

To the [priestly] families descended from Gershom {Refugee}, the half-tribe of Manasseh {Sweet-Forgetting} [donates] Golan {Exile} in Bashan {Fruitful} with her surrounding land, and Ashtaroth {Easter} with her surrounding land.

1st Chronicles 15:7

Chief Joel {YAH-is-El} and his 130 brothers [represent] the descendants of Gershom {Refugee}.

1st Chronicles 23:6

Next, David {Love} divides the sons of Levi {Uniter} into [work] shifts [named after their patriarchs]: Gershon {Refugee}, Kohath {Ally}, and Merari {Bitter}.

1st Chronicles 23:15

[Ancient] Moses [fathered two] sons: Gershom {Refugee}, and Eliezer {El's-Helper}.

1st Chronicles 23:16

ShebuEl {Ransomed-By-El} [serves] as leader of the descendants of Gershom {Refugee}.

1st Chronicles 26:24

ShebuEl {Ransomed-By-El} (a descendant of Moses' son Gershom {Refugee}) supervises the [sanctuary's] treasures.

Judean King Ahaziah Succeeds His Dad Jehoram2nd Chronicles 22:1

The inhabitants of Jerusalem [crown JAHoram's] youngest brat (AhaziYah) king in [JAHoram's] place. [AhaziYah is the only choice,] because back when Arabs invaded [Judaea's Refugee] camp, band[s] of [guerrillas] murdered all [of JAHoram's] older children.

Ezra 8:2

[The following men emigrate to Israel:] Gershom {Refugee}, a descendant of Phinehas {Snake-Mouth}; DaniEl, a descendant of Ithamar {Palm-Coast}; [and] Hattush {Forsaking-Sin}, a descendant of [king] David.
We assume that these men brought their families. However, it's possible they came alone, which would explain why they shacked-up with witch-whores.

NehemiYAH 7:12

1254 [Refugees] from Elam {Hidden},

A List Of The 1st Group Of Refugee PriestsNehemiYAH 7:39

The [following section lists returning Refugee] priests: 973 descendants of JedaiYah {YAH-Knows} through the family-line of JahShua {YAH-Saves}:

NehemiYAH 7:57

The following [Refugees,] descendants of Solomon's workers, [return to Jerusalem]: descendants of Sotai {Rover}, Sophereth {Scribe}, Perida {Spread},

NehemiYAH 7:66

The whole congregation [of Refugees] together totals 42360 [people].

NehemiYAH 7:67

Plus the [Refugees bring] 7337 male and female workers and 245 [full-time] singing men and singing women.

NehemiYAH 7:68

The [Refugees ride home to Jerusalem on] 736 horses and 245 mules.

NehemiYAH 7:72

And the rest of the Refugees [team up to] donate another 20000 drams [420 pounds] of gold, 2700 pounds of silver, and 67 [expensive] priests’ garments.
Another 60 luxury mansions or 15000 working cars.

Job 13:15

[YAH] may kill me. Yet I run for Refuge in him. I plead to his face, [not yours, for mercy].

Job 31:24

Did I place my hope in [my] gold-ore? Did I say to [my heaps of] purified gold, ‘You are my Refuge [from disaster]’? [No!]

Psalms 4:5

[Donate and] righteously butcher animals [for Hebrew feasts], 😇. Run for Refuge in YHVH.

Psalms 9:9

YHVH [always] remains a Refuge for oppressed [beings, 😇]. [He's our] stronghold in times of trouble.

David Sings Of YAH's Protection For Good MenPsalms 11:1

I scramble-for-Refuge in YHVH. [So] how can you [doubters] say to my soul, “Flee like a bird to your mountain [hideaway]?”
A song king David wrote for Jerusalem's director of sacred music to arrange and present at festivals. We can walk through the valley of the shadow of death.

Psalms 13:5

I scramble-for-Refuge in your mercy. My heart whirls [in expectation of] you saving [me].

Psalms 14:6

You [evil people] kill the hope of the poor. YHVH is [the poor man's only] Refuge.

Psalms 17:7

Show your marvelous loving-kindness. [Only] Your right hand saves us [believers]. [We keep] scrambling-for-Refuge. Rebel [forces from earth and heaven keep attacking us]!

Psalms 22:4

Our forefathers ran-for-Refuge in you. They trusted [you]. So you rescued them.

Psalms 25:2

Elohim, I rush-for-Refuge in you. Never let me [suffer] disgrace. Don't let my enemies triumph over me.

Psalms 25:20

YHVH, [please] guard my life-breath. Rescue me. Never let me [suffer] shame. I scramble-for-Refuge in you.

David Prays To Keep From Sliding To DeathPsalms 26:1

YHVH, rule that I've walked in integrity. I run-for-Refuge in [you,] YHVH. Stop my slide [into death].

Psalms 28:7

YHVH is my strength and my shield, 😇. My heart races-for-Refuge in him. So he helps me. [He makes] my heart jump for joy. [That's why] I walk the streets [wildly] singing, throwing my hands in the air [to thank him].
Notice how active are these Hebrew words compared to the common English translations. Faith is action, not mere ‘belief’. Belief and obedience form a mutually-enhancing feedback loop.

Psalms 31:14

[So I] scream, ‘ELohim! [Help]!’, I run to you for Refuge, YHVH.

Psalms 32:10

Many sorrows [rain] on wicked [people], 😇. But when [you] run-for-Refuge in YHVH, mercy completely surrounds [you].

Psalms 34:8

Taste and see that YHVH is good, 😇. The man who flees-for-Refuge in [YAH] gets blessed.
See great song:It's So Sweet!

Psalms 36:7

Elohim, Your [forgiving] love is more [precious] than the weightiest [gold]. That's why all us children of Adam take Refuge under the shadow of your wings.

Psalms 37:3

Run-for-Refuge in YHVH, 😇. Do good. Dwell [on] the land. [YAH] faithfully feeds you.

Psalms 37:5

Roll [through life] on YHVH's road, 😇. Run-for-Refuge in him. He'll make [your life] happen.

Psalms 37:40

[In the end,] YHVH [always] helps and rescues justice-makers. He delivers [us] from [all] evildoers. He saves us [saints], 😇, because we run-for-Refuge in him.

Psalms 40:3

[YAH] puts [fresh] new songs in my mouth, wild bursts of praise to [honor] our Elohim. [Millions of people] see [how YAH rescues me]. In awe, they run-for-Refuge in YHVH.

Psalms 40:4

Happy, valiant humans make YHVH [their] Refuge. [Saints] never look up to arrogant [or warlike people]. [Innocents abhor any union with people] who turn aside [from the right path] into lies.
Blessed is the human who ignores propaganda, warmongering and advertising.

Psalms 41:9

Yes, my own ‘safe’ friend, to whom I ran-for-Refuge, who ate my food, lifts up his heel [to kick] me [down].

Psalms 44:6

I take no Refuge in my bow. My sword isn't what brings me salvation.

YAH Is Our Shelter And SecurityPsalms 46:1

[YHVH] Elohim is our Refuge and strength, 😇. [He's] always powerfully with us [saints], helping [us out of] tight-squeezes.
A song meant for Jerusalem's temple music director to arrange for the priestly descendants of (ancient rebel) Korah to sing. [To be played] on ‘alamot [high-pitched musical instruments?]. See the Cool French / Spanish / Haitian song setting of Ps. 46:1. For context, see 2Ch 32. Martin Luther penned the famous song, "A Mighty Fortress is our God" based on this chapter.

Psalms 48:3

😇, know that Elohim is the [real] Refuge who [protects] our fortified-city.

Psalms 49:6

Everyone who runs-for-Refuge in their wealth, who foolishly [brags about, shows off or praises] their massive riches [eventually dies], 😇.
"Halal's" their riches, as in HalleluYah. Fallen people halleluMONEY.

Psalms 52:7

“Look, 😇! This [bloody piece of meat] is the big-shot who refused to make Elohim his stronghold. [The liar] ran-for-Refuge in his overflowing [material] wealth. He got strong by rushing in [to pillage weak people].”
Today such liars pillage through the criminal industries called: insurance, medicine, 'law', religion, atheistic education, ‘defense’, politics, etc.

Psalms 52:8

Meanwhile, I flourish [spiritually] like a green olive tree in Elohim's sanctuary, 😇. I run-for-Refuge by [hugging] Elohim's neck, [as I'll do] for ages into eternity.

Psalms 55:23

You, Elohim, throw the liars down into the well of ruin. [Cut] the bloodsucking mortals' lives in half. [They're] chasing me into Refuge in you.
The ‘modern’ human's typical healthy lifespan is around half the biblical measure of a full life (120 years). The average medical Doctor dies at 55 years old.

In A Cave, David Prays To Be Saved From SaulPsalms 57:1

Bend low to me, O Elohim. Stoop-down [in mercy] to [help] me. My life-breath scrambles for shelter inside your [spirit]. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I take Refuge until [life's] calamities pass.
In response to the trials described in 1Sa 22, David wrote this psalm to be arranged and conducted by the skilled music director of Jerusalem's temple. To the tune of, or in the style of an earlier piece called “Do Not Destroy”.

Psalms 61:4

I'll live forever in your home, [YHVH]. I run for Refuge in [my] hiding-place, in your ‘wings.’ Selah {Dramatic-Break}.

Psalms 62:8

You people, run-for-asylum in [YAH] at all times. Pour out your heart before him, 😇. Elohim is our [only] Refuge. Selah {Dramatic-Break}.

Psalms 62:10

Never run-for-Refuge in oppression, 😇. Don't waste [your life] in robbery. Don't set your heart [on] flourishing power.
Modern man, churchgoers and atheists alike, live in pursuit of gain. Gain = gaigne = ill-gotten spoils of illegal war. To be a normal economic participant in today's world is to become a criminal in the Creator's eyes.

Psalms 64:10

YHVH brightens up [us] righteous [people] who run-for-Refuge in him, 😇. Everyone who is upright in heart [eventually basks in YAH's] splendor.

YAH Forms & Runs The Universe Via MiraclesPsalms 65:5

You answer us [believers] with awesome righteous [miracles]. You are the ELohim who frees us. You are the Refuge for [all beings] to the ends of the earth across the faraway oceans.

Psalms 71:5

Adonai YHVH, you're my rope [of hope]. Since my youth, you've [remained] my Refuge.

Psalms 72:13

[Christ] covers skinny, panting [Refugees who dangle by threads]. He lifts the pauper's [dying] body [off the nasty street and into a wide, open estate of safety].

Psalms 78:22

😇, we fail to build [our lives on] ELohim. We refuse to run-for-Refuge in his wide-open [freeing salvation].
salvation = #3444 y'shua.

Psalms 78:53

[YAH] carries us [believers] onward, to a Refuge free of fear. Meanwhile, [behind us,] the sea overwhelms our enemies, 😇.

Psalms 84:12

O YHVH-Commander-Of-Armies, it makes us Adam-spawn so happy to run for Refuge in your [spirit]!

Psalms 86:2

Guard my life-breath! I've [been] good! Free me, Elohim! I'm your servant. Let me run-for-Refuge into your [invincible spirit-fortress].

Psalms 91:2

😇, I boast [not in my power, but] that YHVH is my Refuge, my [invincible] castle. I run-for-Refuge in my Elohim.

Psalms 91:4

[YHVH] will cover you with his [soaring] arms, 😇. Under his wings you'll [find] Refuge. His truth will be your shield and tower.

Psalms 91:9

[You'll live forever, 😇,] because you've made my Refuge, YHVH Ha-Elyon {The-Most-High} [Creator], your Refuge.

Psalms 94:22

But YHVH is my defense. My Elohim is the rock [fortress where] I [run for] Refuge, 😇.

Psalms 104:18

[YAH provides] the high mountains as Refuge[s] for the wild goats. [He gives] the rocks-cliffs to house coneys. [So he can house you, 😇.]

Psalms 109:4

I love them. [Yet they hate me like] Satan [himself]. [So my only Refuge is] prayer.

Psalms 112:7

[A good man] faces [all] bad news with courage. His heart stays fixed. He runs for Refuge in YHVH.
Turn off that ‘News’ network. It's just lying to you. It makes you afraid so you'll be susceptible to advertising.

Psalms 115:11

You who fear YHVH, spring-for-Refuge in YHVH! He's your spherical [ 360˚] forcefield, 😇.

The Center Of The Bible: Trust YHVH, Not Man!Psalms 118:8

😇, it's safer to flee-for-protection in YHVH's [spirit] than to run-for-Refuge in [the schemes of] mud-men.
This supremely important verse is the Bible's midpoint. man = #120 Adam, clay-creature.

Psalms 119:42

Give me words to answer to the [thugs] who strip [my dignity]. I rush-for-Refuge in your ruling[s].

Trust YAH, Do Good, Live Forever, ProtectedPsalms 125:1

Everyone who runs-for-Refuge in YHVH [eventually] towers like mount Zion, which no [human] can move, 😇. [True believers] endure the ages.

Psalms 132:3

[David] promised the mighty [Elohim] of Jacob {Heel-Grabber}, “I won't enter the Refuge of my palace, nor go up[stairs] and [crawl] into my bed [while your commands lie unfilled].

Psalms 141:8

My eyes [focus] on you, YHVH Adonai. I run-for-Refuge in you. Don't pour out my life.

Psalms 142:4

I look to my right hand [side]. I see [that] no man acknowledges me. [All] my Refuge[s] fail me. No man cares if I breathe [another breath].
Abandonment is the frequent life-experience of true disciples. If you've never been left high and dry for doing good, you haven't lived long as a true disciple of Christ.

Psalms 142:5

I cry to you, YHVH. [I wail], ‘You're my [only] Refuge, my only asset in the land of the living.

Psalms 143:8

Let me hear your kind [encouragement every] morning. I run-for-Refuge in you. Let me know the way I should walk. I lift up my life-breath to you.

Psalms 144:2

[YAH is] my goodness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, 😇. [YAH is] the [only] one to whom I run-for-Refuge. He subdues people-groups under me.

Proverbs 3:5

😇, with all your heart, run-for-Refuge in YHVH. Never lean on your own [human] brainpower.
See great proverbs 3:5-6 song.

Proverbs 11:28

Run-for-Refuge in riches, and [you] fall, 😇. Moral people flourish like trees-in-spring.

Proverbs 16:20

Whoever wisely handles [his] affairs [eventually] comes into [a] wonderful [situation], 😇. Whoever runs-for-Refuge in YHVH [eventually] becomes happy.

Proverbs 21:22

A wise man scales the city of mighty [fools]. [Intelligence] casts down the [idiots'] impregnable Refuge, 😇.

Proverbs 22:19

Today, [do as I] teach you. Run-for-Refuge in YHVH's [spirit]. Yes, you, 😇!

Proverbs 28:25

[Stay away from] big-headed [bigshots]. [They] whip-up strife. Run-for-Refuge in YHVH, 😇. Eventually he'll fatten up [your assets].

Proverbs 29:25

Awe of man slips [your neck into] a noose. Run-for-Refuge in YHVH. He'll lift [you to safety], 😇.

IsaiYAH 4:6

This [paranormal umbrella] forms a tent-shadow to [protect us believers] from the daytime heat, 😇: a place of Refuge, a cover [that shields you] from storm and rain.
chuppah = marriage canopy

IsaiYAH 11:12

[YahShua] hoists a banner for the nations [to flock to]. He assembles Israel's outcasts. He gathers together dispersed Judean [Refugees] from the four corners of the earth.

IsaiYAH 12:2

—[Everybody,] look how El {Higher-Power} lifts me [out of danger when I] run [to him] for Refuge. I'm done with fear! YAH is my strength. [He's my] striking-song. YHVH sets me [in the wide open plains of safety]!”
YHVH is my y'shua. This is one of 4 passages where the KJV correctly used "Jehovah" instead of the placeholder, "THE LORD", which they used over 7000 times to smother Yahweh's name.

Isaiah Foresees Moab's Desperate SurvivorsIsaiYAH 16:1

[As a token of alliance with] the king [of] the country [of Judah, Moab's Refugees at the] Sela {Crag-Mount} wilderness send lambs to [Jerusalem. These Moabites respectfully address Jerusalem as]: “the mountain of Zion's daughter.”
Feed your enemies. Or they might eat you.

IsaiYAH 21:14

Temanite {Southlanders} haul water to thirsty [north African] Refugees. [Teman's spawn] meet the fleeing [Egyptian survivors] with food.

IsaiYAH 21:15

[Refugees] scramble [north from Africa into Edom]. [They] flee drought. They run from smashing swords. They [evade] bent bows. They [escape the] horrors of war.

IsaiYAH 22:3

All [Judea's] leaders flee en masse [to the hills], 😇. [They run] into the fetters of archers. [Soldiers] catch all [Judea's] far-flung [Refugees]. [Pagans lock the survivors] in concentration [camps].

IsaiYAH 22:9

[Surviving Judeans] survey hundreds of breaches in the citadel of David {Love}. [To keep the Refugees alive, King Hezekiah's men] channel [Jerusalem's damaged] springs into [the] low reservoir [the Pool of Siloam].
II Chron 32:3,30. With the upper pool damaged, hordes of survivors have to manually haul water from the lower pool up to their houses and workplaces.

IsaiYAH 23:12

[YAH] declares, “Never again [will you] jump-for-joy, [Rock-Port,] you crushed virgin daughter of Sidon {Fish-City}. [Your Refugees] mount [ships]. They cross [the sea] to Cyprus [island]. But even there they never find rest.”

IsaiYAH 23:15

In 70 years, [counted to the day, like a] dynasty's reign, Tyre {Rock-Port} [falls to] lie forgotten. 70 years [pass. The few tent-Refugees in] Tyre sing like [busking beggar] whores.
A commentator's note reads: 70 years from Nebuchadnezzar's 1st year of reign (496BC) to the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus (426BC). Some interpretations list this as 70 years from the date of this prophecy.

IsaiYAH 24:9

The [Refugees] stop drinking wines. [They quit] singing. [The poor-quality] strong drinks taste bitter even to drunks.
Presumably near the world's end, the only alcohol available is cheap rubbing alcohol.

IsaiYAH 25:4

You're the stronghold for [we saints who] dangle [by a thread]. [You're] the fortress for [us] crushed, needy [Refugees]. [You're our] shelter from floods [of evil]. You're [our] shadow from [life's] heat. [You preserve us, though] tyrants' blast[s crash] like hurricane[s] against [our] wall[s].

IsaiYAH 26:3

[YAH] keeps us in complete shalom {Peace} when we rest our thoughts on him. So run-for-Refuge in his [spirit], 😇.

YAH Finally Restores His Purged Exile PeopleIsaiYAH 27:12

[Eventually the] day dawns when YHVH threshes out his ‘grain’ [people]. From the [north head of the Euphrates] river [ ~700km south] to the Vadi of Egypt, [YAH] gathers you [Refugees] one-by-one. [YAH rescues every true spiritual] child of Israel.

IsaiYAH 30:2

[Judeo-Christian fools] trot [back] down into “Egypt”, 😇. [They] never ask for [guidance] from my mouth. They “fortify” themselves with the [illusory] strength of Pharaoh. They run-for-Refuge in the phantom [called] Egypt!
Most of the original U.S. coins were engraved idols of Roman and Greek gods. The god in "In god we trust" (as printed on U.S. marks of the beast) is actually the devil.

IsaiYAH 30:3

So the ‘strength’ of Pharaoh becomes your shame, [hypocrites]. Your race to [Refuge in] Egypt's shadow ends in confused [disgrace].

IsaiYAH 30:12

So [YHVH], Israel's holy Emperor decrees, “[You rebels die] because you despise my warning[s]. You run-for-Refuge in oppression. You support your [lives by] perversity.”

IsaiYAH 36:5

—I say, does mere empty talk constitute strategy and strength for war? To whom are you running-for-Refuge? [How dare you] rebel against me?

IsaiYAH 36:6

—Look: you trust in the broken-reed staff [called] Egypt. If a man leans [on that stick], it jabs into his hand, piercing it. That's what Pharaoh (king of Egypt) is to everyone who runs-for-Refuge in him.
The nation around you is spiritual Egypt. If you rely on the nation around you, it pokes you. You bleed, perhaps to death. That describes the fate of subjects of even "free" countries like the U.S. and/or the U.K.

IsaiYAH 47:10

You run for Refuge in your wickedness. You brag, ‘No one sees me [sin].’ Your crafty expertise perverts you. You boast in your heart, ‘I self-exist. No one else equals me.’
The modern occultist concludes that since ‘everyone is god’, the occultist himself is a god.

IsaiYAH 49:9

You, 😇, announce to [the world's] bound-slaves, ‘Break out [of the devil's prison]!’ [You] command Refugees crouching in darkness, ‘Come out into the [light]!’ [The starving fugitives] feed along [pastoral] paths. They [graze] on all [earth's] high [mountain] plateaus.

IsaiYAH 50:10

😇, who among you who [lives in] awe [of] YHVH? Who obeys the voice of [YAH's] servant? [You worldlings] stumble in darkness. [You] lack brilliance. So run-for-Refuge in YHVH's Name-Authority. Lean on [your] Elohim.

YAH Sends Armies To Devour HypocritesJeremiYAH 10:17

Refugees in the [besieged] fortress, grab your survival-kits! Scramble out of [your] country!

YAH Says, “Buckle Up For Life's Rough Ride!”JeremiYAH 12:5

[YAH replies,] “You get worn out running against foot-racers. So how can you keep up with race-horses, 😇? You stumble and fall on the peaceful ground where you run-for-Refuge. So how will you [keep from drowning] in the thick-marshes of the Jordan [river]?

JeremiYAH 16:19

[Jeremiah replies,] “Oh YHVH, my strength, my fortress, the Refuge-I-flee-to in my tight-squeeze day[s]! [Repentant] beast-nationals stream to you from the ends of the earth. [They] cry, “Our [non-Hebrew] fore-fathers inherited absolute lies, vanity, profitless [traditions and customs].

Never Trust People; Only Trust Your MakerJeremiYAH 17:5

😇, yHVH decrees: “Cursed is the human who runs-for-Refuge in [the spawn of] Adam, who makes flesh his ‘strong-arm,’ whose heart withdraws from YHVH.

JeremiYAH 17:7

Blessed [is] the [masterful] human who runs-for-Refuge in YHVH — whose security [comes not from mortal society, but from] YHVH {The-Eternal-One}.
man=master

JeremiYAH 24:8

But YHVH absolutely decrees, ”The deadly figs (so destructive they can't be eaten) symbolize Judea's [current evil] king ZedekYah {YAH's-Right}, and his officials, and the residue of Jerusalem's [ingrates] who remain in this land, plus the [Jewish Refugees] living in the land of Egypt.

JeremiYAH 28:15

So [in the temple, true] prophet JeremiYah {YAH-Rises} says to [false] prophet HananiYah {YAH-Favored}, “Now listen, HananiYah: YHVH never sent you. You [brainwash] this populace into running-for-Refuge in sham[s].
This is the message the true Christian must present to sham Christians.

JeremiYAH 29:31

[YAH] says, “[Jeremiah,] send [this message] to all the [Israelite] exiles in captivity. Say: YHVH pronounces this [death sentence] against ShemaiYah {YAH-Hears} from Nehelam {Dream-Town}: ‘ShemaiYah prophesies [lies] to you. I never sent him. He's brainwashing you into running-for-Refuge in shams.’”

JeremiYAH 31:8

Watch me bring [Israeli Refugees] from [all] countries north [of Israel], 😇. I gather them from [all] earth's coasts. With them [I repatriate] the blind and the lame, the pregnant [woman] and other women carrying children. A great assembly returns to the [promised land].
Fulfilled since 1948.

JeremiYAH 31:9

[Hebrew Refugees eventually] stream [home]. They weep and pray as I lead them. I make them walk by straight river paths, to keep [their feet] from stumbling. For I am a father to Israel. Ephraim {North-Israel} is my firstborn [nation].”

JeremiYAH 39:18

I lift you to absolute safety. You never fall by the sword. Your life escapes [destruction] like treasure-rescued [from war], because you run for Refuge in me,” promises YHVH.

JeremiYAH 40:12

So all the Jews [in hiding] return [to Israel]. They [stream] out of all the places [where Babylon's invasion forces] chased them. The [Jewish Refugees] re-emigrate to the land of Judaea, to [governor] GedaliYah {Great-YAH} in Mizpah {WatchTower}. They soon gather tons of wine and summer fruits, 😇.

JeremiYAH 41:17

The [freed captives] stay at Chimham {Longing} Lodge, near Bethlehem {Bread-House}. [The Refugees] plan to emigrate [south] to Egypt.

JeremiYAH 43:4

So, 😇, JAHohanan {YAH-Favored}, and all the heads of the [Israelite labor] forces, and all the [Refugees], disobey YHVH's voice [when he tells them] to stay in the land of Judaea.

JeremiYAH 43:5

Instead, JAHohanan {YAH-Favored} and all the [labor] force leaders gather the whole Judean remnant, including [many Refugees] recently returned to dwell in Judean territory after the [Babylonians] drove them to various nations.
lit: the son of Kareah

YHVH Condemns The Judeans Living In EgyptJeremiYAH 44:1

Then [YHVH] sends a message to JeremiYah concerning all [his fellow] Judeans living in the land of Egypt, [including the Refugees] staying at Migdol {Tower}, at Tahpanhes {Suez-Canal}, at Noph {Memphis}, and in the land of Pathros {Upper-Egypt}.
Tahpanhes, including the Jews' brickwork, was discovered by Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie in 1886; it was known by natives as the "Castle of the Jew's Daughter".

JeremiYAH 48:5

Nonstop weeping rises up from the ascent to Luhith {Plateau}. In the descent to Horonaim {Double-Cave-Town}, [Refugees] hear the distressed cries of [countless] broken [people].

JeremiYAH 48:6

Flee, [Refugees]! Save your lives. Subsist like desert bushes.

JeremiYAH 48:45

“Refugees flee to stand helpless [and exhausted] under the shadow of Heshbon [Intelligence-City]. From [there] a fire rushes forth. A flame jets [from the middle] of Sihon {Tornado}. It devours Moab from side to side. [The blast melts] the crowned-heads of [Moab's] noisy braggarts.
lit. sons of tumult

JeremiYAH 49:11

Leave your fatherless [orphan children]. I will preserve them alive. Let your widows run-for-Refuge in me.”

JeremiYAH 50:28

[Hear] the voices of [Jewish] Refugees fleeing, escaping from the [slave] land of Babylon to Zion, 😇. They shout, ‘Vengeance! YHVH our Elohim [finally] pays back the [Babylonians for destroying] his temple!’

JeremiYAH 51:35

Zion's Refugee[s] pray, “Hurl back upon Babylon her violence that ripped my flesh!” Jerusalem's homeless [vagabonds] wail, “Dump my spilled blood back on Chaldea's earth-crawlers!”

JeremiYAH 52:15

Then NebuzarAdan, the captain of [Babylon's] guard, carries away [his] prisoners: poor [Jewish] people, Jerusalem's survivors, crowds of [roaming homeless people]. Many of [these Refugees] fall away from [Hebrew solidarity]. They defect to [pledge allegiance to the] Babylonian Emperor.

Ezekiel 5:10

So the parents among you come to eat [their] sons in the middle of your [Refugee camps]. [Similarly, some of your] children end up eating their parents. I [descend to] execute [death] sentences in your [towns]. I scatter every survivor among you into all [earth's] winds.

Ezekiel 20:38

I purge the rebels from your [population, 😇]. I [eliminate] all my betrayers. I bring [all Hebrew Refugees] back out of the countries [who held you captive]. But the [wicked hypocrites] never enter into the land of Israel. Then you realize that I am YHVH {the-Omnipotent-eternal-source-of-all-life}.

Ezekiel 27:8

The inhabitants of Sidon {Fish-City} and Arvad {Rover's-Refuge} serve as your mariners [rowers]. Tyre [bursts] full of cunning [intelligent] ship-pilots.

Ezekiel 27:11

The [fighting] men of Arvad {Rover's-Refuge} stand with your army atop your encircling city-walls. Gammadim {Capturers} [man] your towers. [Heroes] hang their shields surrounding your walls, completing your beauty.

Ezekiel Explains Why Jerusalem CollapsedEzekiel 33:21

On the 5th day of the 10th month of the 12th year of our captivity, a [Refugee] who escaped from [Babylonian-occupied] Jerusalem runs to me, crying, “[Our] city lies smashed!”
See Eze 40:1.

Ezekiel 33:22

Flash back to the evening before the escaped [survivor's] arrival, 😇: The hand of YHVH [comes to rest] upon me. [YAH] opens my mouth [to speak prophesies] until the [Refugee] straggles up to me in the morning. [Words] flow from my lips. [My tongue] lies mute no longer!

Ezekiel 34:4

You [leaders] don't strengthen weak [people]. You don't heal sick [people]. You don't bind up broken [people and institutions]. You don't bring back [Refugees] when [evil winds] drive them away. You never seek [to rescue] lost [people]. You just dominate [humanity] with cruelty and force.

YAH Promises To Forever Safeguard Us HebrewsJah-El 3:16

YHVH roars out of [bright shining mout] Zion. His voice [of thunder] shoots forth from the City of Peace. [The sound] shakes the heavens and earth. Yet YHVH remains the Refuge for His people, the stronghold for His children like you, 😇, who [rise to] rule with Him.
Israel in this sense means “those who will rule with El.” Israel does not necessarily refer to a certain genetic lineage or political grouping.

Amos 5:16

[Because of society's systemic injustice,] YHVH-Elohim-over-armies, my Adonai, predicts: “[See your future, 😇: People] scream in every street. [Sufferers] cry on every highway. [Refugees] yell, ‘Oh no!’ Farmers, judges, [professors] mourn, groan, tear [out] their hair, beat their breasts [over their dead loved ones].
Or, "Everybody go out in the street and repent and cry over your sins."

ObadiYAH 1:3

Deceived by their arrogant hearts, lodged in their fortified Refuge[s] in high rock cliffs, [the Red-Man's spawn] sit [in judgment, ambushing all invaders]. From their hearts they brag, “[We can] throw down [any invader into the dust] of earth. [No army can bring us down.]”
Esau, like Jacob, spawns a great nation. The descendants of Israel occupy the promised land. The ‘children of Esau’ occupy the south and east, in the rocky wilderness, where in 1812 archaeologists discovered a city, Petra, hewn out of solid cliffs of rose-colored rock: an impregnable fortress, so safe from attack that Egypt, Babylon and Assyria deposited money there. Just a handful of men could guard the narrow canyons which form Petra's approaches. Esau's descendants lived in false security. In their pride they felt they did not need YAH. They bowed YAH out of their civilization. When a mere man, a little creature down here, says, “I don’t need YAH,” YAH says, “That’s what I hate.” Modern militaries have the same false-pacifying effect on their nations. Military might and strategic advantage mean nothing.

ObadiYAH 1:14

[The Red-Man's descendants regret] standing in the crossroads to cut off Jacob's escaping Refugees. [Edom] handed over [Israel's] survivors during [Israel's] burning day of distress.

MicaYah 1:8

[Exiles stream from the wrecked Capitol City, 😇.] They tear their hair. [Refugees] beat their breasts. [Sufferers] sob, howl, marching, wandering barefoot, stripped, nude, spoiled. [Men] wail like dragon-monsters. [Women and girls] mourn like little ostriches.
Most translations, taking their cues from 7th-Century AD interpretive markings, say that Micah is the one lamenting. However the context does not justify that shift in perspective.

Nahum 3:11

Great men [march] bound in chains. [Former-authorities stagger like bloody] drunkards. [Aristocrats scamper in vain to] hide. [Bigwigs] beg [for] Refuge [from] enemy [savages].

YAH Re-Assembles His Scattered PeopleZechariYAH 10:8

I whistle to [summon my people, 😇. I] gather [your remnant stragglers]. I ransom [you repenters]. [I] multiply my [little group of salvaged Refugees]. You grow as numerous as any of [My] ancient people.
The Hebrew word ‘Padah’ means ‘Ransom’, thus expressing the much-neglected but factually correct ‘Ransom View of the Atonement.’

Hebrews 6:18

YAH's immutable promise[s] and His oath[s] are unchangeable, 😇. It's impossible for Elohim to lie. So we who flee to YAH for Refuge can take renewed courage, and confidently grab onto YAH's promise(s).

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 2:6 Believe in him, and he will help you; order your way rightly, and run-for-Refuge in him.

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 16:3 Never run-for-Refuge you in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than 1000; and better it is to die without children, than to have they who are wicked*.

1 Maccabees 2:34

But the Hebrew [secessionists] reply, “We won't come out [of our wilderness Refuge]. We will never obey the Emperor's commandment to profane the Sabbath day.”
Hebrews died to honor the Sabbath. Yet Christianites ignorantly trample the Sabbath under their feet, pretending it doesn't even exist, when it's the 4th Commandment!

1 Maccabees 10:14

Only at Bethsura {House-Of-Rock} remain [infidels] who forsake the [Mosaic] Law and its principles. [Beth-Zur] becomes the [traitors'] place of Refuge.

2 Maccabees 10:28 Now the sun being newly risen, they joined both together; the one part having together with their virtue their Refuge also to the Adonai for a pledge of their success and victory: the other side making their rage leader of their battle