Deuteronomy 4:41
39 Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
40 Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
42 to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:
43 Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
- KJV
- Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
- WEB
- Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise,
- ASV
- Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
- DARBY
- Then Moses separated three cities on this side the Jordan toward the sun-rising,
- BLB
- Then Moses set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan toward the rising of the sun,
- ÅB
- På den tid skilte Moses ut tre byer på andre siden av Jordan, på østsiden,
- OTB
- På den tiden utpekte Moses tre byer øst for Jordan,
- B1930
- På den tid skilte Moses ut tre byer på hin side Jordan, på østsiden,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 35:6
Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
Read in contextNumbers 35:14–15
Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
Read in contextJoshua 20:2–9
“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
Read in context