39. Know and believe today that the Lord is God. He is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other god!
40. Obey his laws and commands, which I am giving you today. Obey them so that things will go well for you and your children. Then you will live a long time in this land. The Lord your God is giving it to you forever.
41. Moses chose three cities east of the Jordan River.
42. A person who killed someone accidentally could go there. He did not hate the person he killed. So he could save his life by running to one of these cities.
43. These were the cities: Bezer in the desert high plain was for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead was for the Gadites; Golan in Bashan was for the Manassites.
44. These are the teachings Moses gave to the people of Israel.
45. They are the rules, commands and laws he gave them when they came out of Egypt.