American Standard Version
"Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; "
— Deuteronomy 4:41, American Standard Version
“Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;”
“Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;”
“The Narrative Concerning Cities of Refuge Then Moses selected three cities in the Transjordan, toward the east.”
“Then Moses set aside three cities beyond the Jordan at the east side,”
“Then Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;”
“Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;”
to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day.
Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.
And 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.
Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
that 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:
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.
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: