1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

4But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

7For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

10Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and thatthey may teach their children.

11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

12And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

13And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

14And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

17The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

18The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

20But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

21Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

22But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

24For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

25When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

27And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

29But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

30When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

31(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

32For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

33Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

35Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.

36Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

37And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

38To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

39Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

40Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

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

42That 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:

43Namely, 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.

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

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

46On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, 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:

47And 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;

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

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

Nowe therefore hearken, O Israel, vnto the Statutes, and vnto the Iudgments which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may liue, and goe in and possesse the lande, which the Lord God of your fathers giueth you.

2Ye shall not adde vnto the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish ought from it, that ye may keepe the Commaundements of the Lord your God, which I command you.

3Your eyes haue seene what the Lord did because of Baal Peor: for all the men that followed Baal Peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

4But yee that did cleaue vnto the Lord your God, are aliue euery one of you this day.

5Behold, I haue taught you Statutes, and Iudgements, euen as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so, in the land whither ye goe to possesse it.

6Keepe therefore, and doe them; for this is your wisedome and your vnderstanding in the sight of the nations, which shall heare all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and vnderstanding people.

7For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh vnto them, as the Lord our God is in all things, that we call vpon him for?

8And what nation is there so great, that hath Statutes and Iudgements so righteous, as all this Law which I set before you this day?

9Onely take heed to thy selfe, and keepe thy soule diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes haue seene, and lest they depart from thy heart all the dayes of thy life: but teach them thy sonnes, & thy sonnes sonnes:

10Specially, the day that thou stoodst before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said vnto mee, Gather me the people together, and I will make them heare my wordes, that they may learne to feare mee all the dayes that they shall liue vpon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

11And ye came neere and stood vnder the mountaine, and the mountaine burnt with fire vnto the midst of heauen, with darkenes, cloudes, and thicke darkenesse.

12And the Lord spake vnto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voyce of the words, but saw no similitude, onely ye heard a voyce.

13And he declared vnto you his couenant, which he commanded you to performe, euen ten cōmandements, and he wrote them vpon two tables of stone.

14¶ And the Lord commanded me at that time, to teach you Statutes, and Iudgements, that yee might doe them in the land whither ye goe ouer to possesse it.

15Take ye therfore good heed vnto your selues, (for ye saw no maner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake vnto you in Horeb, out of the midst of the fire)

16Lest yee corrupt your selues, and make you a grauen image, the similitude of any figure, the likenes of male, or female,

17The likenesse of any beast that is on the earth, the likenes of any winged foule that flieth in the aire,

18The likenesse of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likenesse of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

19And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sun, and the moone, and the starres, euen all the hoste of heauen, shouldest be driuen to worship them, and serue them, which the Lord thy God hath diuided vnto all nations vnder the whole heauen.

20But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you foorth out of the yron fornace, euen out of Egypt, to bee vnto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

21Furthermore, the Lord was angry with mee for your sakes, and sware that I should not goe ouer Iordan, and that I should not goe in vnto that good land which the Lord thy God giueth thee for an inheritance.

22But I must die in this lande, I must not goe ouer Iordan: but ye shall goe ouer and possesse that good land.

23Take heed vnto your selues, lest ye forget the couenant of the Lord your God, which hee made with you, and make you a grauen image, or the likenes of any thing which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

24For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, euen a iealous God.

25¶ When thou shalt beget children, and childrens children, and shalt haue remained long in the land, and shal corrupt your selues, & make a grauen image, or the likenes of any thing, and shall doe euil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to prouoke him to anger:

26I call heauen and earth to witnesse against you this day, that ye shall soone vtterly perish from off the land whereunto you goe ouer Iordan, to possesse it: yee shall not prolong your dayes vpon it, but shall vtterly bee destroyed.

27And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.

28And there ye shall serue gods, the worke of mens hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.

29But if from thence thou shalt seeke the Lord thy God, thou shalt finde him, if thou seeke him with all thy heart, and with all thy soule.

30When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come vpon thee, euen in the latter dayes, if thou turne to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient vnto his voice:

31(For the Lord thy God is a mercifull God) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the couenant of thy fathers, which he sware vnto them.

32For aske now of the dayes that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man vpon earth, and aske from the one side of heauen vnto the other, whether there hath bene any such thing as this great thing is, or hath bene heard like it?

33Did euer people heare the voyce of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and liue?

34Or hath God assayed to goe and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signes, and by wonders, and by warre, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretehed out arme, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

35Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know, that the Lord hee is God; there is none else besides him.

36Out of heauen hee made thee to heare his voice, that he might instruct thee: and vpon earth hee shewed thee his great fire, and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

37And because he loued thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mightie power out of Egypt:

38To driue out nations from before thee, greater and mightier then thou art, to bring thee in, to giue thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

39Know therefore this day, & consider it in thine heart, that the Lord hee is God in heauen aboue, and vpon the earth beneath: there is none else.

40Thou shalt keepe therefore his Statutes, and his Commandements, which I command thee this day; that it may goe well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy dayes vpon the earth, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, for euer.

41¶ Then Moses seuered three cities on this side Iordan, toward the Sunne rising:

42That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour vnawares, and hated him not in times past, and that fleeing vnto one of these cities he might liue:

43Namely, Bezer in the wildernesse, in the plaine countrey of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

44¶ And this is the Law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

45These are the Testimonies, and the Statutes, and the Iudgements, which Moses spake vnto the children of Israel, after they came foorth out of Egypt;

46On this side Iordan in the valley ouer 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 foorth out of Egypt.

47And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Iordan toward the sun rising,

48From Aroer, which is by the banke of the riuer Arnon, euen vnto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

49And all the plaine of this side Iordan Eastward, euen vnto the sea, of the plaine vnder the springs of Pisgah

I == Lev 19:37 ; Deut 5:1 ; Rom 10:5

 

 

II == Deut 12:32 ; Josh 1:7 ; Prov 30:6 ; Ecci 12:13 ; Rev 22:18-19

 

III == Num 25:4-5 ; Josh 22:17 ; Ps 106:28-29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VI == Job 28:28 ; Ps 19:7 111:10 ; Prov 1:7

 

 

 

VII 2nd Sam 7:23 ; Ps 46:1

 

 

 

 

 

 

IX == Prov 3:1 , 3 ; 4:21 , 23

 

 

 

X == Ex 19:9 , 16 ; 20:18 ; Heb 12:18-19

 

 

 

 

 

XI == Ex 19:18 ; Deut 5:23

 

 

XII == Ex 20:22 ; Deut 4:33 , 36 ; 5:4 , 22 ; 1st Kings 19:12

XIII == Ex 24:12 ; 31:18 ; 34:28 ; Deut 9:9 , 11

 

 

XIV == Ex 21:1 ; 22:1--23:33

 

 

XV == Ex 20:4-5 ; 32:7 ; Rom 1:23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIX == Gen 2:1 ; Deut 17:3

 

 

 

 

XX == 19:5 ; Deut 9:29 ; 32:9 ; 1st Kings 8:51 ; Jer 11:4

 

 

XXI == Num 20:12 ; Deut 1:37 ; 3:26

 

 

XXII == Deut 3:25 , 27 ; 2nd Peter 1:13-15

XXIII == Ex 20:4-5 ; Deut 4:9 , 16

 

 

XXIV == Ex 20:5 ; Isa 33:14 ; 42:8 ; Heb 12:29

 

XXV == Deut 4:16 ; 2nd Kings 17:17

 

 

 

 

XXVI == Deut 30:18-19 ; Isa 1-2 ; Mic 6:2

 

 

 

XXVII == Lev 26:33 ; Deut 28:62 , 64 ; Neh 1:8

XXVIII == Deut 28:64 ; Isa 44:9 ; 46:7 ; Jer 16:13

 

XXIX == Lev 26:39-40 ; Isa 55:6-7 ; Jer 29:12-14

 

XXX == Deut 31:29 ; Jer 23:20

 

 

XXXI == 2nd Chr 30:9 ; Neh 9:31 ; Ps 116:5 ; Jon 4:2

 

XXXII == Job 8:8 ; Matt 24:31

 

 

 

 

XXXIII == Ex 24:11 ; 33:20 ; Deut 5:24 , 26

 

XXXIV == Ex 6:6 ; 7:3 ; 13:3 ; Deut 7:19 ; 26:8 ; 29:3 ; 34:12

 

 

 

XXXV == Isa 45:5 , 18 , 22 ; Mark 12:29 , 32

 

XXXVI == Ex 19:9 , 19 ; 20:18 , 22 ; 24:16 ; Heb 12:18

 

XXXVII == Ex 13:3 , 9 , 14 ; Deut 10:15

 

 

XXXVIII == Deut 7:1 ; 9:1 , 4-5

 

 

XXXIX == Deut 4:35 ; Josh 2:11

 

 

XL == Lev 22:31 ; Eph 6:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XLIII == Josh 20:8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XLVI == Num 21:24 ; Deut 1:4 ; 3:29

 

 

 

XLVII == Num 21:35 ; Deut 3:3-4

XLVIII == Deut 2:36 ; 3:9 ; 8:12 ; Ps 133:3

XLIX == Deut 3:17

 

 

1 "Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

2 In your observance of the commandments of the LORD, your God, which I enjoin upon you, you shall not add to what I command you nor subtract from it.

3 You have seen with your own eyes what the LORD did at Baal-peor: the LORD, your God, destroyed from your midst everyone that followed the Baal of Peor;

4 but you, who clung to the LORD, your God, are all alive today.

5 Therefore, I teach you the statutes and decrees as the LORD, my God, has commanded me, that you may observe them in the land you are entering to occupy.

6 Observe them carefully, for thus will you give evidence of your wisdom and intelligence to the nations, who will hear of all these statutes and say, 'This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent people.'

7 For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the LORD, our God, is to us whenever we call upon him?

8 Or what great nation has statutes and decrees that are as just as this whole law which I am setting before you today?

9 "However, take care and be earnestly on your guard not to forget the things which your own eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your memory as long as you live, but teach them to your children and to your children's children.

10 There was the day on which you stood before the LORD, your God, at Horeb, and he said to me, 'Assemble the people for me; I will have them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me as long as they live in the land and may so teach their children.'

11 You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, which blazed to the very sky with fire and was enveloped in a dense black cloud.

12 Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

13 He proclaimed to you his covenant, which he commanded you to keep: the ten commandments, which he wrote on two tablets of stone.

14 The LORD charged me at that time to teach you the statutes and decrees which you are to observe over in the land you will occupy.

15 "You saw no form at all on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire. Be strictly on your guard, therefore,

16 not to degrade yourselves by fashioning an idol to represent any figure, whether it be the form of a man or a woman,

17 of any animal on the earth or of any bird that flies in the sky,

18 of anything that crawls on the ground or of any fish in the waters under the earth.

19 And when you look up to the heavens and behold the sun or the moon or any star among the heavenly hosts, do not be led astray into adoring them and serving them. These the LORD, your God, has let fall to the lot of all other nations under the heavens;

20 but you he has taken and led out of that iron foundry, Egypt, that you might be his very own people, as you are today.

21 Since the LORD was angered against me on your account and swore that I should not cross the Jordan nor enter the good land which he is giving you as a heritage,

22 I myself shall die in this country without crossing the Jordan; but you will cross over and take possession of that good land.

23 Take heed, therefore, lest, forgetting the covenant which the LORD, your God, has made with you, you fashion for yourselves against his command an idol in any form whatsoever.

24 For the LORD, your God, is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

25 "When you have children and grandchildren, and have grown old in the land, should you then degrade yourselves by fashioning an idol in any form and by this evil done in his sight provoke the LORD, your God,

26 I call heaven and earth this day to witness against you, that you shall all quickly perish from the land which you will occupy when you cross the Jordan. You shall not live in it for any length of time but shall be promptly wiped out.

27 The LORD will scatter you among the nations, and there shall remain but a handful of you among the nations to which the LORD will lead you.

28 There you shall serve gods fashioned by the hands of man out of wood and stone, gods which can neither see nor hear, neither eat nor smell.

29 Yet there too you shall seek the LORD, your God; and you shall indeed find him when you search after him with your whole heart and your whole soul.

30 In your distress, when all these things shall have come upon you, you shall finally return to the LORD, your God, and heed his voice.

31 Since the LORD, your God, is a merciful God, he will not abandon and destroy you, nor forget the covenant which under oath he made with your fathers.

32 "Ask now of the days of old, before your time, ever since God created man upon the earth; ask from one end of the sky to the other: Did anything so great ever happen before? Was it ever heard of?

33 Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of fire, as you did, and live?

34 Or did any god venture to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, with his strong hand and outstretched arm, and by great terrors, all of which the LORD, your God, did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

35 All this you were allowed to see that you might know the LORD is God and there is no other.

36 Out of the heavens he let you hear his voice to discipline you; on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard him speaking out of the fire.

37 For love of your fathers he chose their descendants and personally led you out of Egypt by his great power,

38 driving out of your way nations greater and mightier than you, so as to bring you in and to make their land your heritage, as it is today.

39 This is why you must now know, and fix in your heart, that the LORD is God in the heavens above and on earth below, and that there is no other.

40 You must keep his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you today, that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may have long life on the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you forever."

41 Then Moses set apart three cities in the region east of the Jordan,

42 that a homicide might take refuge there if he unwittingly killed his neighbor to whom he had previously borne no malice, and that he might save his life by fleeing to one of these cities:

43 Bezer in the desert, in the region of the plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassehites.

44 This is the law which Moses set before the Israelites.

45 These are the ordinances, statutes and decrees which he proclaimed to them when they had come out of Egypt

46 and were beyond the Jordan in the ravine opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon and whom Moses and the Israelites defeated after coming out of Egypt.

47 They occupied his land and the land of Og, king of Bashan, as well - the land of these two kings of the Amorites in the region east of the Jordan:

48 from Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon to Mount Sion (that is Hermon)

49 and all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Arabah Sea under the slopes of Pisgah.

In our class we studied Deut. 4-13 with Ex. 19-23, too fast for much detail. Chapter 4 continues the theme of the first three, a review of Israel’s history after the Exodus and it’s lessons. In chapter four, a new generation is taught the law.

v 1,2. This compares with Rev. 22:18,19. We must take God’s Word as it is.

v 3-9. This is a reminder of the incident at Baalpeor, Num. 25, where those who followed Baal were destroyed, but the others lived. It was important for them them to keep that in mind and to teach God’s statutes to their children and grandchildren.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 10-13. It was especially important for them to rehearse how the Lord had spoken directly to them at Horeb and gave the ten commandments orally before He wrote them on the two tables of stone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 14-20. Moses had taught them as the Lord commanded, so now it was up to them on the threshold of entering the land, that they totally avoid idolatry and even the worship of sun, moon, and stars, as others were doing. The Lord had delivered them from oppression in Egypt and was about to bring them into the promised land.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 21-24. Moses reminds them how they complained, causing him to strike the rock instead of speaking to it as God had commanded, and as a result the Lord was angry with him and would cause him to die instead of entering the land. This was another reminder to them not to get into idolatry because in the Lord’s jealousy, He is a consuming fire.

 

 

 

v 25-28. Moses knows they will become corrupted after a few generations and they will be destroyed off the land and brought into captivity, and there worship idols.

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 29-31. Even in captivity, if they seek the Lord with their whole heart, He will preserve them and keep the covenant He had made with them.
v 32-40. Never to anyone else did the Lord give as great a deliverance as He did in bringing them out of Egypt. He is preparing to drive out nations so they can enter the land of promise, so it is imperative that they realize there is no one like the Lord, and if they keep His commandments, it will be well with them and they shall live long there.
v 41-43. Moses designates three cities of refuge east of the Jordan, Bezer, Ramoth, and Golan, where accused may flee for justice.
v 44- 49. Moses begins to rehearse the laws to the people. This is not a new covenant, but a reminder before they cross the Jordan. They are already in the land which they captured east of the Jordan, see chapter two.