Deuteronomy 4:41-43

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:41-49

Here is, 1. The nomination of the cities of refuge on that side Jordan where Israel now lay encamped. Three cities were appointed for that purpose, one in the lot of Reuben, another in that of Gad, and another in that of the half tribe of Manasseh, Deut. 4:41-43. What Moses could do for that people while he was yet with them he did, to give example to the rulers who were settled that they might observe them the better when he was gone. 2. The introduction to another sermon that Moses preached... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:41

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 for an inheritance to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, Deuteronomy 4:38 though Jarchi says, and so other Jewish writers, that persons were not received into them until the three cities appointed in the land of Canaan were separated for the like use; See Gill on ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:42

That the slayer might flee thither ,.... For refuge; the slayer of a man, but not any slayer, but which should kill his neighbour unawares ; by accident to him, without any design and intention to kill him; ignorantly, as the Septuagint version; and so Onkelos: and hated him not in times past ; it having never appeared that there had been a quarrel between them, and that the slayer had shown any enmity to the man slain any time before the fact, or bore a grudge against him, or spite... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:43

Namely , Bezer in the wilderness ,.... In Joshua 20:8 , it is added "upon the plain"; this perhaps was the wilderness of Moab, in the plains of it, the same with Bozrah, see Jeremiah 48:24 and in the Apocrypha:"Hereupon Judas and his host turned suddenly by the way of the wilderness unto Bosora; and when he had won the city, he slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and took all their spoils, and burned the city with fire,' (1 Maccabees 5:28)it was in the plain country of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:41

Then Moses severed three cities - See the law relative to the cities of refuge explained, Numbers 35:11 ; (note), etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:43

Bezer in the wilderness - As the cities of refuge are generally understood to be types of the salvation provided by Christ for sinners; so their names have been thought to express some attribute of the Redeemer of mankind. See them explained Joshua 20:7-8 ; (note). I Suppose the last nine verses of this chapter to have been added by either Joshua or Ezra. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:41

Verse 41 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 on the other side of Jordan, Moses records that he had faithfully performed what God had commanded. Hence it appears that, although he could not immediately comply with God’s command to its full extent, still he did not wait until the three other cities could be added; but that, as far as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:25-49

This is the Law —the Torah— which Moses set before the children of Israel. "He meaneth that which hereafter followeth; so this belongeth to the next chapter, where the repetition of the laws begins" (Ainsworth); cf. Deuteronomy verse 1; Deuteronomy 6:1 ; Le Deuteronomy 6:9 ; Deuteronomy 7:1 , etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:25-49

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