Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising,
Then Moses separated three cities on this side the Jordan toward the sun-rising,
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Then Moses severed three cities,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
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 obedience by setting a punctual example of it, as far as opportunity was given him.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments, the moral, ceremonial, and judicial laws, which had been enacted before, when Israel had newly come out of Egypt, and were now repeated, on this side Jordan,
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Deuteronomy — Moses' farewell sermons on the plains of Moab. The covenant renewed for the generation about to cross — with the Shema at its heart and Moses' song on its lips.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Numbers 35:6Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
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So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
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The verses this one reaches6
“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,
