Deuteronomy 4:43

“These verses are inserted between two distinct and complete discourses for the reason to which they themselves call attention (“Then Moses severed three cities,” etc.); i. e., the fact narrated took place historically after Moses spoke the one discourse and before he delivered the other. In thus severing the three cities of refuge Moses carried out a previous command of God (see the marginal references); and so followed up his exhortations to obedience by setting a punctual example of it, as far as opportunity was given him. Deuteronomy 4:43 In the plain country - literally, “in the land of the Mishor.” The word means a level tract of land; but when used (Deuteronomy 3:10; Joshua 13:9, etc.)…”

“4:43 Bezer (probably modern Umm al-‘Amad) lay some six miles east of Heshbon. • Ramoth in Gilead was thirty-five miles east-southeast of the Sea of Galilee. • The town of Golan was about forty miles north of Ramoth in Gilead.”

“Bezer: Bezer is the same as Bozra, formerly a royal city of Edom. See note on Gen 36:33. Jos 20:8 Ramoth: Ramoth was a celebrated city in the mountains of Gilead, placed by Eusebius fifteen miles east from Philadelphia or Ammon, and by Jerome in the neighbourhood of Jabbok, and consequently north of Philadelphia. Jos 21:38; Kg1 4:13, Kg1 22:3, Kg1 22:4; Ch1 6:80 Golan: This city gave name to the district of Gaulonitis, now called Djolan, which comprises the plain to south of Djedour or Iturea, and to the west of Haouran. its southern frontier is the Nahar Aweired, by which it is separated from the district of Erbad, and the Sheriat el Mandhour, which separates it from the district of El…”