Deuteronomy 4:41-49

English Standard Version

Cities of Refuge

⁴¹ Then Moses ^(A)set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan, ⁴² that ^(B)the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life: ^43 (C)Bezer in the wilderness on the ^(D)tableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

Introduction to the Law

⁴⁴ This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel. ⁴⁵ These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt, ⁴⁶ beyond the Jordan ^(E)in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, ^(F)whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt. ⁴⁷ And they took possession of his land and the land ^(G)of Og, the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived to the east beyond the Jordan; ^48 (H)from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount ^(I)Sirion^[a] (that is, ^(J)Hermon), ⁴⁹ together with all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as ^(K)the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.