Deuteronomy 4:40

Deuteronomy 4:40 says, Thou 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.  Moses told the people of Israel to keep God's commandments so that things might go well with them and their descendants forever.  There is no expiration date on God's commandments.  Verse forty-one adds, Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;  Verse forty-two continues, That 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:  Moses then set aside three cities on this side of the Jordan as sanctuary cities, where those who had accidentally killed someone could go to escape the revenge of the relatives of the one who was killed.  Verse forty-three concludes, 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.  There was one sanctuary city in the land each of the two and a half tribes that remained this side of the Jordan.  We all have equal access to the sanctuary from the death penalty of sin if we put our faith in Jesus Christ, even if we have deliberately committed sins.  Verse forty-four states, And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:  Though Moses presented the law to the people of Israel, it was God's law given to him by God Himself.   Today, the Bible presents God's law to us, but it is God's law just as surely as if He Himself were speaking to us, and the Holy Spirit helps us to understand what the Bible says.  Verse forty-five adds, These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,  These were the laws given to Moses when the people of Israel came out of Egypt.  Since most of those people who would have heard them at that time were dead, they needed to be restated.  As followers of Christ, we need to teach God's commandments to each new generation.  Verse forty-six says, On 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:  This was done on this side of the Jordan after the people of Israel defeated Sihon, the king of the Amorites.  It had to be done on this side of the Jordan since Moses was not going to be allowed to go into the Promised Land.  Verse forty-seven adds, And 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;  It was then stated that they possessed the land of Og king of Bashan and that of two kings of the Amorites on this side of the Jordan.  Through our faith in Jesus Christ, we have been given the victory over all the powers of the world, whomever or wherever they may be.  Verse forty-eight continues, From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,  Verse forty-nine concludes, And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.  Moses then gave a description of the boundaries of the land.  As God's people today, there are no boundaries to where we are to be a part of His kingdom.