Deuteronomy 4:41

Deuteronomy 4:41 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
• New International Version (NIV)Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Moses set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Moses set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun,

Context of Deuteronomy 4:41

39Therefore know and understand today, and take it to your heart, that the Lord is God in the heavens above and on the earth below; there is no other. 40So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding you today, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and so that you may live long on the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.” Then Moses set apart three cities [of refuge] beyond the Jordan toward the rising of the sun (eastward), 42so that someone who committed manslaughter could flee there, [that is, a person] who killed his neighbor unintentionally and without previously having hostility toward him, and that by escaping to one of these cities he might [claim the right of asylum and] save his life: 43Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

Deuteronomy 4:41 word by word

אָ֣ז יַבְדִּ֤יל מֹשֶׁה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִזְרְחָ֖ה שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• severedבָּדַלbâdal · to separateH914
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• on this sideעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: beyondH5676
• Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• toward the sunrisingמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217
• toward the sunrisingשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:41

• Numbers 35:6[Among] the cities which you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall provide for the one who commits manslaughter to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities [to the Levites].
• Joshua 20:2“Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Designate the cities of refuge (asylum), of which I spoke to you through Moses,

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41Then Moses severed three cities - See the law relative to the cities of refuge explained, Numbers 35:11; (note), etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41-43Verses 41-43 These verses are inserted between two distinct and complete discourses for the reason to which they themselves call attention (“Then Moses severed three cities,” etc.); i. e., the fact narrated took place historically after Moses spoke the one discourse and before he delivered the other. In thus severing the three cities of refuge Moses carried out a previous command of God (see the marginal references); and so followed up his exhortations to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-49Verses 41-49 Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets the law before them, as the rule they were to work by, the way they were to walk in. He sets it before them, as the glass in which they were to see their natural face, that, looking into this perfect law of liberty, they might continue therein. These are the laws, given when Israel was newly come out of Egypt…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 41-43When Israel settled in Canaan and began living in cities, serious crimes such as homicide required legal decisions. Disputes could not be settled by private revenge. They needed judges to decide each case. The law provided cities of refuge to protect people accused of killing someone. These cities gave safety from immediate revenge and allowed time for a fair trial. The first cities were set apart east of the Jordan River. Later, others were set apart in…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 41-4341-43. Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan--(See on Jos 20:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 4:41

• Homicide
• Refuge

In the dictionaries

• Jordan
• Moses
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Add
• Consider
• Consuming
• Diminish
• Furnace
• Hearken
• Assign

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings