Chosen cities of refuge

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Deut 4:41: Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

Deut 4:42: That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

Deut 4:43: Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

Deut 4:44: And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

Deut 4:45: These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

Deut 4:46: On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:

Deut 4:47: And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

Deut 4:48: From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

Deut 4:49: And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.