Then Moses selected three cities in the Transjordan, toward the east.

For we consider that a person ¹  is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law. ² 

So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.

For no one ¹  can eat and drink ²  or experience joy ³  apart from him. ⁴ 

Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with ¹  Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers, ² 

From Paul, ¹  a slave ²  of Christ Jesus, ³  called to be an apostle, ⁴  set apart for the gospel of God. ⁵ 

For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us. ¹ 

Realize that ¹  the Lord shows the godly special favor; ²  the Lord responds ³  when I cry out to him.

the clan of the descendants of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; and the clan of the Shimeites ¹  by itself and their wives by themselves –

Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.

But now ¹  apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets) ²  has been disclosed –

The land will mourn, clan by clan – the clan of the royal household of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the clan of the family of Nathan ¹  by itself and their wives by themselves;

Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these ¹  seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

When he had finished ¹  speaking ²  all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles ¹  in length and three and one-third miles ²  in width.

Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? ¹  Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. ² 

For all who have sinned apart from the law ¹  will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. ¹  For apart from the law, sin is dead.

And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive