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Deuteronomy 4:41-43

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

41. Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; 42. That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: 43. [Namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

Deuteronomy 4:41-43 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:41

Theological / Devotional

Severed three cities. Literally, “caused three cities to be separated,” that is, the cities of refuge. The same word, translated “separated,” is used of the setting apart of the tribe of Levi to carry the sacred furniture of the tabernacle (ch. 10:8). Ezekiel 42:20 speaks of a “separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.”

Sun rising. That is, “to the east,” meaning east of the Jordan, in the territory occupied by the two and a half tribes.

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