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Verse Deuteronomy 4:41. _THEN MOSES SEVERED THREE CITIES_] See the law
relative to the cities of refuge explained, Numbers 35:11, c....
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These verses are inserted between two distinct and complete discourses
for the reason to which they themselves call attention (“Then Moses
severed three cities,” etc.); i. e., the fact narrated took p...
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4. THE THREE CITIES OF REFUGE
CHAPTER 4:41-43
_ 1. The cities set apart (Deuteronomy 4:41)_
2. The cities named (Deuteronomy 4:43)
The first address being ended, an action of Moses takes place. To...
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THEN. Emphatic, marking the end of his first address.
MOSES. Change to third person, not because it is now editorial, but
because the first direct address is ended. See note on Deuteronomy
1:1.
SEVER...
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Historical Note
_Then_, i.e. at the time of the preceding discourse in Moab, Moses set
apart three cities E. of Jordan as asylums for men, who unwittingly
and without previous hatred had slain their f...
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_Then Moses separated_ Rather, SET APART. In Deuteronomy 10:8 the verb
is used of God's solemn separation of Levi to bear the ark, etc., and
in Deuteronomy 29:21 (20) of the idolater to evil. The form...
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_VER._ 41. _THEN MOSES SEVERED THREE CITIES_— After the foregoing
exhortation, the two conquered countries being now ready to be
disposed of to the two tribes and a half, according to agreement,
Moses...
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APPENDIX: APPOINTMENT OF EASTERN CITIES OF REFUGE (Deuteronomy
4:41-43)
41 Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the
sunrising; 42 that the manslayer might flee thither, that slay...
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FIRST DISCOURSE (DEUTERONOMY 1:14 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:43)
The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The
Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the
Promised Land...
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EXHORTATIONS TO OBEDIENCE
This chapter contains the practical part of the discourse. Having
briefly rehearsed the experiences of the Israelites in the wilderness
up to the present point, Moses closes...
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE
LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD
DEUTERONOMY
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 4
V1 ‘Therefore, everyone in *Israel, listen to the rules and the
laws that I will teach to you...
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THE APPOINTMENT OF THREE CITIES OF REFUGE.
(41) THEN MOSES SEVERED. — The word “then” appears to be a note
of time. It would seem that the appointment of the three cities of
refuge on the eastern sid...
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אָ֣ז יַבְדִּ֤יל מֹשֶׁה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ
עָרִ֔ים בְּ...
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ISRAEL'S PECULIAR PRIVILEGES
Deuteronomy 4:32
Every argument that love and wisdom, the great past and the miracles
of the Exodus could suggest, was brought to bear on the hearts of the
chosen people,...
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On the ground of this survey Moser exhorted the people to be obedient,
His appeal was based on the greatness of their God and the perfection
of His law. Their whole existence as a nation centered arou...
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Then, &c. This piece of history seems to be placed out of its natural
order, by another hand. (Calmet) --- Yet if we attend to the method of
Moses, in his other works, we shall not hastily conclude th...
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GOD hath given commandment concerning those cities of refuge: Numbers
35:9. But of such importance was the thing itself, that Moses in the
very opening as it were, of his sermon, breaks off to follow...
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In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be
called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of
institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
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God had destined, as we have before seen, (221) six cities for refuge,
in case any one had killed a man, provided he could prove his
innocence before the judges. As to the three which He had appointed...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4.
Let us examine a little more closely these Chapter s, which shew the
pains the Spirit took, to set before the eyes of the people all the
moti...
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THEN MOSES SEVERED THREE CITIES,.... To be cities of refuge, according
to the command of God, Numbers 35:14 this he did when he had conquered
the two kingdoms of the Amorites, that God had given them...
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1 An Exhortation to obedience.
41 Moses appointeth the three Cities of refuge on that side Iordan.
1 NOWE therefore hearken, O Israel, vnto the Statutes, and vnto the
Iudgments which I teach you, fo...
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CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST ADDRESS...
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Then Moses severed, set apart, THREE CITIES ON THIS SIDE JORDAN TOWARD
THE SUN-RISING, in the territory of the two and one half tribes,...
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MOSES INSISTS ON OBEDIENCE
(vs.1-14)
Because God had already blessed Israel and intended to bless them more
greatly still. Moses urges them to "listen to the statutes and
judgments" he is teaching th...
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41-49 Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses
preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets
the law before them, as the rule they were to work by, the w...
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As God had commanded him NUMBERS 35:6,14...
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Now therefore hearken O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the
judgements which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go
in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth...
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Deuteronomy 4:41 Moses H4872 apart H914 (H8686) three H7969 cities
H5892 side H5676 Jordan H3383 rising H8121
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST CITIES OF REFUGE (DEUTERONOMY 4:41).
The establishing of these cities of refuge was a deliberate act which
was a declaration of Moses' certainty that they were now here...
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CONTENTS: The new generations taught the lessons of Sinai. Cities of
refuge designated.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: The review of God's providences concerning us should
quicken us and engage...
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Deuteronomy 4:2. _Ye shall not add unto the word._ This would be to
debase revelation, and treat the divine law as a defective production
of man, that needed additions and retrenchments. Solon, the At...
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_Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan, that the slayer
might flee thither._
THE CITIES OF REFUGE
The cities here mentioned were called the cities of refuge. They were
appointed by the...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 4:41__ THREE CITIES of refuge are
set apart IN THE EAST BEYOND THE JORDAN. A person guilty of
unpremeditated murder could flee to one of these cities to escape
revenge...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—From the mention of what God had done for Israel,
Moses passes to the obedience of the law. They were under deep
obligation to keep it, and in doing so, consisted their wisdom,
greatne...
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EXPOSITION
DEUTERONOMY 4:25-5
Moses enforces the warning against idolatry, by predicting the evil
that should come upon the nation through the apostasy of those who
should in after times turn from Je...
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NOW therefore (Deuteronomy 4:1)
Moses is now making application.
NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and to the
judgments, which I teach you, to do them, that you may live, and go in
a...
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Joshua 20:2; Numbers 35:14; Numbers 35:15; Numbers 35:6...
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PARTING WORDS
Deuteronomy 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It is, perhaps, strange to some that we speak of the fourth chapter of
Deuteronomy as "Parting words," yet the whole Book of Deuteronomy
centers in t...