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KJB-16111 An Exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses appointeth the three Cities of refuge on that side Iordan.
   (1 An Exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses appointeth the three Cities of refuge on that side Yordan.)


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Deuteronomy 4 General Notes

Structure and Formatting

- vv. 1-40: Moses encourages the Israelites to obey Yahweh- vv. 41-43: Moses appoints cities of refuge- vv. 44-49: Summary of Moses’ first speech

Religious and Cultural Concepts in This Chapter

Moses’ instructions

God will not allow Moses to enter into the Promised Land. Since the Israelites are getting ready to possess the Promised Land, Moses gives them some last instructions before his death. (See: promisedland)

Cities of Refuge

Verses 41-43 discuss cities of refuge, which are towns to which a manslayer could flee. In this case, a manslayer is anyone who accidentally kills another person. In those times, a close family member of the deceased would be obligated to take revenge for the killing of his family member by finding and killing the manslayer. Yahweh provides protection for the manslayer so that they will not be punished too harshly.(See: refuge and avenge)

Likeness

Verses 15-31 warn the Israelites against creating idols. The other people groups in the land worshiped entities in nature such as the sun, moon, stars, trees, and so on. They created idols that looked like (in the likeness of) these entities. Yahweh forbids the Israelites from making likenesses of anything for the purpose of worshiping it. (See: likeness and falsegod)

Translation Issues in This Chapter

Rhetorical questions

Moses uses several rhetorical questions in verses 7-8, and 33-34. The purpose of these questions is to convince his readers to obey his instructions. (See: figs-rquestion)

Translation Issues in This Chapter

Words for the law

- statutes- ordinances- judgmentsMoses uses several words to refer to the law that Yahweh commanded the Israelites to obey. It is unclear what the differences are between these terms. If your language has different terms for the law, you could use them here to differentiate between the different Hebrew words. (See: translate-unknown)

“You”

- vv. 1-22: “You” and “your” are both singular and plural; see notes for details.- vv. 23-40: “you” and “your” are singular.Moses is speaking to the Israelites who are alive, but he refers to events that happened to their ancestors. The pronouns “you” or “your” are plural here unless otherwise noted. If it would be helpful for your readers, you could explicitly state that these events happened to their ancestors. (See: writing-pronouns and figs-youcrowd)

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