39 “So today you must remember and accept that the Lord is God. He is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other god!
40 And you must obey his laws and commands that I give you today. Then everything will go well with you and your children who live after you. And you will live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you—it will be yours forever.”
41 Then Moses chose three cities on the east side of the Jordan River.
42 Any person who killed someone by accident and not out of hate could run away to one of these three cities and not be put to death.
43 The three cities that Moses chose were Bezer in the high plains for the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead for the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan for the tribe of Manasseh.
44 Moses gave God’s law to the Israelites.
45 Moses gave these teachings, laws, and rules to the people after they came out of Egypt.