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Deuteronomy 4:42

in Deuteronomy 4

to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

KJV

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:

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This verse in Deuteronomy 4

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

That the slayer might flee thither,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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,

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • לָנֻ֨סto flee

    lanusH5127 →159 times

  • שָׁ֜מָּהthere towards

    shamahH8033 →834 times

  • רוֹצֵ֗חַa killer

    rotzeachH7523 →47 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יִרְצַ֤חhe will kill

    yirtzachH7523 →47 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙neighbor his

    reehuH7453 →188 times

  • בִּבְלִי־with no

    bivli-H1097 →58 times

  • דַ֔עַתknowledge

    daatH1847 →

  • וְה֛וּאand he

    vehu'H1931 →1879 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • שֹׂנֵ֥א[was] hating

    sone'H8130 →146 times

  • ל֖וֹ<to> him

    lo

  • מִתְּמ֣וֹלfrom yesterday

    mitemolH8543 →23 times

  • שִׁלְשׁ֑וֹם[the] third day

    shilshomH8032 →24 times

  • וְנָ֗סand he will flee

    venasH5127 →159 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אַחַ֛תone

    ʾachatH259 →971 times

  • מִן־of

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הֶעָרִ֥יםthe cities

    hearimH5892 →1090 times

  • הָאֵ֖ל<the> these

    haelH411 →9 times

  • וָחָֽי׃and he will live

    vachaiH2421 →282 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 19:4Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:3 worksNumbers 35:11designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.3 worksDeuteronomy 19:1–10When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,2 worksHebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.2 worksNumbers 35:15–28These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.2 worksNumbers 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.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 6:18

    Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 23:19

      God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

    • Titus 1:2

      in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

    • 1 Samuel 15:29

      Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

    • 2 Timothy 2:13

      if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

    • Romans 3:4

      Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”

  • Through

    Numbers 35:6

    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.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 21:13

      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,

    • Joshua 21:3

      So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

    • Psalms 9:9

      The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 4 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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