Deuteronomy 4 · Verse 41

Deuteronomy 4:41

Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Deuteronomy 4:41, King James Version

Deuteronomy 4:41 in other translations

BSBThen Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
WEBThen Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise,
ASVThen Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
YLTThen Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising,
DARBYThen Moses separated three cities on this side the Jordan toward the sun-rising,
BBEThen Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;
WebsterThen Moses set apart three cities on the side of Jordan, towards the sun-rising;

What does Deuteronomy 4:41 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 4:41-43
41-43. Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan--(See on Jos 20:7).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 41 Then Moses severed three cities - See the law relative to the cities of refuge explained, Num 35:11 (note), etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:41-49
Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets the law before them, as the rule they were to work by, the way they were to walk in. He sets it before them, as the glass in which they were to see their natural face, that, looking into this perfect law of liberty, they might continue therein. These are the laws, given when Israel was newly come out of Egypt; and they were now repeated. Moses gave these laws in charge, while they encamped over against Beth-peor, an idol place of the Moabites. Their present triumphs were a powerful argument for obedience. And we should understand our own situation as sinners, and the nature of that gracious covenant to which we are invited. Therein greater things are shown to us than ever Israel saw from mount Sinai; greater mercies are given to us than they experienced in the wilderness, or in Canaan. One speaks to us, who is of infinitely greater dignity than Moses; who bare our sins upon the cross; and pleads with us by His dying love.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Deuteronomy 4:41 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָ֣ז'azthenH227
יַבְדִּ֤ילyav.Dilhe set apartH914
מֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehMosesH4872
שָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshthreeH7969
עָרִ֔ים'a.RimcitiesH5892
בְּעֵ֖בֶרbe.'E.veron [the] other side ofH5676
הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
מִזְרְחָ֖הmiz.re.Chah[the] rising of towardsH4217
שָֽׁמֶשׁ\׃Sha.mesh[the] sunH8121

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 4:41

  • Numbers 35:6

    And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

  • Numbers 35:14-15

    Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

  • Joshua 20:2-9

    Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Nu 35:6,14,15; Jos 20:2-9

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 4:40

    Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

  • Deuteronomy 4:41

    Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

  • Deuteronomy 4:42

    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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Deuteronomy 4:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces apartó Moisés tres ciudades de esta parte del Jordán al nacimiento del sol,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*Alors Moïse sépara trois villes, en deçà du Jourdain, vers le soleil levant,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Damals sonderte Mose drei Städte ab diesseit des Jordan, gegen Sonnenaufgang,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tunc separavit Moyses tres civitates trans Jordanem ad orientalem plagam,