Deuteronomy 4:41

Good News Translation

Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan River

Cross References

Numbers 35:6

You are to give the Levites six cities of refuge to which any of you can escape if you kill someone accidentally. In addition, give them forty-two other cities

Deuteronomy 19:14

“Do not move your neighbor's property line, established long ago in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 19:2

divide the territory into three parts, each with a city that can be easily reached. Then any of you that kill will be able to escape to one of them for protection.

Deuteronomy 19:7

This is why I order you to set aside three cities.

Deuteronomy 4:42

to which a man could escape and be safe if he had accidentally killed someone who had not been his enemy. He could escape to one of these cities and not be put to death.