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

42to 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:

43Bezer 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

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Thenאָ֣זH227AdverbMosesמֹשֶׁה֙H4872Noun - proper - masculine singularset asideיַבְדִּ֤ילH914Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthreeשָׁלֹ֣שׁH7969Number - feminine singularcitiesעָרִ֔יםH5892Noun - feminine pluralacrossבְּעֵ֖בֶרH5676Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןH3383Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularto the eastמִזְרְחָ֖הH4217Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular. . .שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃H8121Noun - common singular
Verse 42

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to whichשָׁ֜מָּהH8033Adverb | third person feminine singulara manslayerרוֹצֵ֗חַH7523Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularcould fleeלָנֻ֨סH5127Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct-אֲשֶׁ֨רH834Pronoun - relativeafter killingיִרְצַ֤חH7523Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerhis neighborרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙H7453Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularunintentionallyבִּבְלִי־H1097Preposition-b | Adverb. . .דַ֔עַתH1847Noun - feminine singular. . .וְה֛וּאH1931Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singularwithoutלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlepriorמִתְּמ֣וֹלH8543Preposition-m | Adverb. . .שִׁלְשׁ֑וֹםH8032Adverbmaliceשֹׂנֵ֥אH8130Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular-ל֖וֹPreposition | third person masculine singularTo save one’s own lifeוָחָֽי׃H2421Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularhe could fleeוְנָ֗סH5127Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singulartoאֶל־H413Prepositiononeאַחַ֛תH259Number - feminine singular constructofמִן־H4480Prepositiontheseהָאֵ֖לH411Article | Pronoun - common pluralcitiesהֶעָרִ֥יםH5892Article | Noun - feminine plural
Verse 43

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-אֶת־H853Direct object markerBezerבֶּ֧צֶרH1221Noun - proper - feminine singularin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֛רH4057Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularon the plateauהַמִּישֹׁ֖רH4334Article | Noun - masculine singular. . .בְּאֶ֥רֶץH776Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructbelonging to the Reubenitesלָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑יH7206Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerRamothרָאמֹ֤תH7216Noun - proper - feminine singularin Gileadבַּגִּלְעָד֙H1568Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularbelonging to the Gaditesלַגָּדִ֔יH1425Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markeror Golanגּוֹלָ֥ןH1474Noun - proper - feminine singularin Bashanבַּבָּשָׁ֖ןH1316Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularbelonging to the Manassitesלַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃H4520Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular

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