American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 4:41
41Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
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
39Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else. 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. Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; 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: 43namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
Read all of Deuteronomy 4Deuteronomy 4:41 word by word
אָ֣ז יַבְדִּ֤יל מֹשֶׁה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִזְרְחָ֖ה שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:41
- Numbers 35:6And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.
- Joshua 20:2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by 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
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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
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