Deuteronomy 4:41

American Standard Version (1901)

Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

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  • Num 35:6 : 6 And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.
  • Num 35:14-15 : 14 Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. 15 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.
  • Josh 20:2-9 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses, 3 that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly [and] unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime. 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 7 And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah. 8 And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

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  • Deut 19:2-3
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    77%

    2thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

    3Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.

  • Deut 19:7
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    7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee.

  • Num 35:13-14
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    76%

    13And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

    14Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

  • Num 34:15-16
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    75%

    15the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

    16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 35:1-2
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    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

    2Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.

  • Deut 4:42-44
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    42that 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:

    43[ namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

    44And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

  • Josh 13:32
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    32These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.

  • Num 33:50
    72%

    50And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

  • Deut 19:9
    72%

    9if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three:

  • Deut 4:46-47
    2 verses
    71%

    46beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt.

    47And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

  • Deut 1:5
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    5Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

  • Josh 20:1-2
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    70%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,

    2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses,

  • Josh 14:3
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    3For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

  • Num 26:3
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    3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

  • Num 36:13
    69%

    13These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded by Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

  • Josh 21:39
    69%

    39Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

  • Josh 20:8
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    8And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

  • Deut 11:30
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    30Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

  • Num 35:9-11
    3 verses
    69%

    9And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

    10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

    11then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

  • Josh 21:37
    69%

    37Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Num 34:1
    69%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Deut 3:27
    68%

    27Get thee up unto the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

  • Deut 27:11
    68%

    11And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

  • Deut 4:49
    68%

    49and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.

  • Josh 21:8
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    8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by Moses.

  • Deut 34:1
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    1And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

  • Josh 1:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them;

    15until Jehovah have given your brethren rest, as [he hath given] you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.

  • Num 31:1
    67%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Deut 3:17
    67%

    17the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.

  • Josh 21:3
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    3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.

  • Deut 20:15
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    15Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

  • Deut 3:29
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    29So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.

  • Deut 1:1
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    1These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

  • Josh 21:42
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    42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.

  • Lev 4:1
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    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Deut 4:40
    66%

    40And thou shalt keep 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 in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.

  • Deut 34:3
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    3and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar.

  • Num 3:11
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    11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 35:6
    66%

    6And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.