Deuteronomy 4:41

Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

40And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.

42that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

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Cross References

Numbers 35:14Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

Deuteronomy 19:7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee.

Joshua 20:2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by 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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