Deuteronomy 4:41

Easy To Read Version

Then Moses chose three cities on the east side of the Jordan River.

Cross References

Numbers 35:6

Six of those cities will be cities of safety. If a person {accidentally} kills someone, then that person can run to those towns for safety. In addition to those six cities, you will also give 42 more cities to the Levites.

Deuteronomy 19:14

“You must not move the stones that mark your neighbor’s property. People put those stones there in the past to mark each person’s property. Those stones mark the land that the Lord your God gave you.

Deuteronomy 19:7

{The cities must be close to everyone.} That is why I command you to choose three special cities.

Deuteronomy 4:42

If a person accidentally killed another person, he could run away to one of those three cities and not be put to death. But he could be safe only if he did not hate the other person and did not mean to kill him.