Deuteronomy 4:41

Then Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;

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In The King James Version

Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

In Context

40Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.

42To which anyone causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate, might go in flight; so that in one of these towns he might be kept from death:

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Cross References

Numbers 35:14Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight.

Deuteronomy 19:7And so I am ordering you to see that three towns are marked out for this purpose.

Joshua 20:2Say to the children of Israel, Let certain towns be marked out as safe places, as I said to you by the mouth of Moses,

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:2-41

Exhortations and Arguments. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed… Read the whole commentary →

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