Deuteronomy 4:41-43
Legacy Standard Bible
41 (A)Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east toward the sunrise, 42 that a manslayer might flee there, who slew his neighbor [a]without premeditation, [b]not hating him previously; so he shall flee to one of these cities that he might live: 43 (B)Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
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- Deuteronomy 4:42 Lit without knowledge
- Deuteronomy 4:42 Lit and he was not hating him previously
Deuteronomy 4:41-43
Lexham English Bible
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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- Deuteronomy 4:41 Literally “in the beyond of the Jordan”
- Deuteronomy 4:41 Literally “toward rising of the sun”
- Deuteronomy 4:42 Literally “a killer of a man”
- Deuteronomy 4:42 Literally “without previous knowledge”
- Deuteronomy 4:42 Literally “the day before yesterday”
- Deuteronomy 4:42 Literally “and live”
- Deuteronomy 4:43 Or “desert”
- Deuteronomy 4:43 Hebrew “Reubenite”
- Deuteronomy 4:43 Hebrew “Gadite”
- Deuteronomy 4:43 Hebrew “Manassite”
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