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Deuteronomy 4:39-42
The Message
Deuteronomy 4:39-42
The Message
39-40 Know this well, then. Take it to heart right now: God is in Heaven above; God is on Earth below. He’s the only God there is. Obediently live by his rules and commands which I’m giving you today so that you’ll live well and your children after you—oh, you’ll live a long time in the land that God, your God, is giving you.
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41-42 Then Moses set aside three towns in the country on the east side of the Jordan to which someone who had unintentionally killed a person could flee and find refuge. If the murder was unintentional and there was no history of bad blood, the murderer could flee to one of these cities and save his life:
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Deuteronomy 4:39-41
New International Version
Deuteronomy 4:39-41
New International Version
39 Acknowledge(A) and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.(B) 40 Keep(C) his decrees and commands,(D) which I am giving you today, so that it may go well(E) with you and your children after you and that you may live long(F) in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.
Cities of Refuge(G)
41 Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan,
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