Deuteronomy 4:41

Then Mosheh separated three cities on the other side of the Jordan (toward) the sunrise,

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

40And keep His statutes and His commandments that I teach thee this day, that it may be well with thee, and thy sons after thee, and thou mayest prolong days on the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, all the days.

42that the slayer may escape thither who may kill his neighbour unawares, not having hated him yesterday, or before it; and that, escaping to one of those cities, he may live:

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Cross References

Numbers 35:14Three cities you shall give beyond Jordan, and three cities in the land of Kenaan; cities of refuge shall they be.

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

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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