Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then Moses set aside three cities, across the Jordan toward the eastern region, "
— Deuteronomy 4:41, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;”
“Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the 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;”
so as to wipe away, upon your arrival, nations, very great and stronger than you, and so as to lead you in, and to present to you their land as a possession, just as you discern in the present day.
Therefore, know on this day and consider in your heart, that the Lord himself is God in heaven above, and on earth below, and there is no other.
Keep his precepts and commandments, which I am teaching to you, so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, and so that you may remain for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.”
Then Moses set aside three cities, across the Jordan toward the eastern region,
so that anyone might flee to these if he has killed his neighbor unwillingly, who was not his enemy a day or two earlier, and so that he would be able to escape to one of these cities:
Bezer in the wilderness, which is situated in the plains of the tribe of Ruben; and Ramoth in Gilead, which is in the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, which is in the tribe of Manasseh.
This is the law, which Moses set forth before the sons of Israel.