Deuteronomy 4:40-42

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ Keep the Lord’s regulations and his commandments. I’m commanding them to you today for your well-being and for the well-being of your children after you, so that you may extend your time on the fertile land that the Lord your God is giving you forever.

Cities of refuge

⁴¹ Then Moses set aside three cities on the eastern side of the Jordan River ⁴² so that anyone who killed someone accidentally and without prior hatred could flee to one of these cities and be safe: