Deuteronomy 4:41 “Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east”

Deuteronomy 4:41

Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Moses separated three cities on this side of Iorden toward the sunne rising:

Darby Translation

Then Moses separated three cities on this side the Jordan toward the sun-rising,

Young's Literal Translation

Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising,

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

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

Numbers 35:6 Joshua 20:2–9 Numbers 35:14 Numbers 35:15

Numbers 35:6 · BSB

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.

Joshua 20:2–9 · BSB

“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

Numbers 35:14 · BSB

Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.

Numbers 35:15 · BSB

These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

40Keep 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.

42to 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:

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