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Cities of Refuge

41 Then Moses designated three cities on the east side of the Jordan, 42 where a person who accidentally killed someone could flee, if he killed his neighbor without having enmity toward him in the past. He may flee to one of these cities and live: 43 Bezer in the desert plain for the descendants of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead for the descendants of Gad, and Golan in Bashan for the descendants of Manasseh.

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41 Then Moses set apart three cities on the other side of the Jordan,[a] toward the east,[b] 42 in order for a manslayer[c] to flee there who has killed his neighbor without intent[d] and was not hating him previously,[e] and so he could flee to one of these cities and be safe.[f] 43 He set apart Bezer in the wilderness[g] in the land of the plateau of the Reubenites;[h] Ramoth in Gilead of the Gadites,[i] and Golan in Bashan of the Manassites.[j]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:41 Literally “in the beyond of the Jordan”
  2. Deuteronomy 4:41 Literally “toward rising of the sun”
  3. Deuteronomy 4:42 Literally “a killer of a man”
  4. Deuteronomy 4:42 Literally “without previous knowledge”
  5. Deuteronomy 4:42 Literally “the day before yesterday”
  6. Deuteronomy 4:42 Literally “and live”
  7. Deuteronomy 4:43 Or “desert”
  8. Deuteronomy 4:43 Hebrew “Reubenite”
  9. Deuteronomy 4:43 Hebrew “Gadite”
  10. Deuteronomy 4:43 Hebrew “Manassite”