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Deuteronomy 4:43
Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the eastern side of the Jordan, cataloging the three designated cities of asylum.
The words — בֶּצֶר (Bezer) and רָאמֹת (Ramoth) function as proper nouns identifying the specific locations assigned to the tribes.
The thread — Joshua 20:8 and Joshua 21:38 reiterate the assignment of Bezer and Ramoth to Reuben and Gad, while Joshua 21:27 records Golan’s allocation to the Gershonite Levites.
Why it lands — The verse establishes a geographic framework for the asylum law, requiring readers to track how these three sites are distributed across the eastern territories.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Joshua 20:8 And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 21:27 This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:38 And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
- 1 Kings 4:13 Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
- 1 Kings 22:3 who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
- 1 Chronicles 6:71 The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 6:80 And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,