Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 4:41-43

Hear, Obey, and Do Not Forget: The Incomparable God and His Word

From the command to keep the statutes as the condition of life (vv. 1-8), through the memory command and image prohibition rooted in the Horeb event (vv. 9-24), to the projection of exile and return (vv. 25-31), and finally to the climactic argument for exclusive loyalty from the incomparability of the LORD (vv. 32-40) — the chapter moves from obligation through history through warning through doxology.

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41 Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east

42 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:

43 Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.

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Verse 41

Original words

Then אָ֣ז H227 Adverb Moses מֹשֶׁה֙ H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular set aside יַבְדִּ֤יל H914 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular three שָׁלֹ֣שׁ H7969 Number - feminine singular cities עָרִ֔ים H5892 Noun - feminine plural across בְּעֵ֖בֶר H5676 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct the Jordan הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן H3383 Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular to the east מִזְרְחָ֖ה H4217 Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular . . . שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ H8121 Noun - common singular
Verse 42

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to which שָׁ֜מָּה H8033 Adverb | third person feminine singular a manslayer רוֹצֵ֗חַ H7523 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular could flee לָנֻ֨ס H5127 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct - אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative after killing יִרְצַ֤ח H7523 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker his neighbor רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ H7453 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular unintentionally בִּבְלִי־ H1097 Preposition-b | Adverb . . . דַ֔עַת H1847 Noun - feminine singular . . . וְה֛וּא H1931 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular without לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle prior מִתְּמ֣וֹל H8543 Preposition-m | Adverb . . . שִׁלְשׁ֑וֹם H8032 Adverb malice שֹׂנֵ֥א H8130 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular - ל֖וֹ Preposition | third person masculine singular To save one’s own life וָחָֽי׃ H2421 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular he could flee וְנָ֗ס H5127 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition one אַחַ֛ת H259 Number - feminine singular construct of מִן־ H4480 Preposition these הָאֵ֖ל H411 Article | Pronoun - common plural cities הֶעָרִ֥ים H5892 Article | Noun - feminine plural
Verse 43

Original words

- אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Bezer בֶּ֧צֶר H1221 Noun - proper - feminine singular in the wilderness בַּמִּדְבָּ֛ר H4057 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular on the plateau הַמִּישֹׁ֖ר H4334 Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . בְּאֶ֥רֶץ H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct belonging to the Reubenites לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑י H7206 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Ramoth רָאמֹ֤ת H7216 Noun - proper - feminine singular in Gilead בַּגִּלְעָד֙ H1568 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular belonging to the Gadites לַגָּדִ֔י H1425 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker or Golan גּוֹלָ֥ן H1474 Noun - proper - feminine singular in Bashan בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן H1316 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular belonging to the Manassites לַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃ H4520 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular

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