Numbers 35:4

4 “The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits^[a] from the town wall.

Numbers 35:4 in Other Translations

4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

ESV

4 The pasturelands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.

NLT

4 The pastureland assigned to the Levites around these towns will extend 1,500 feet from the town walls in every direction.

MSG

4 "The pasture surrounding the Levites' towns is to extend 1,500 feet in each direction from the city wall.

CSB

4 The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites [will extend] from the city wall 500 yards on every side.

Numbers 35:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:4

And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto the
Levites
The dimensions and bounds of them were not left to the Israelites, to give what ground they pleased for this purpose, but were fixed to what length they should be: these

[shall reach] from the walls of the city, and outward, a thousand
cubits round about;
which was half a sabbath day's journey, and pretty near half a mile, which all around a city must contain a considerable quantity of ground, if the city was of any size, as it is certain that some of them given them at least were.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Numbers 35:4 In-Context

2 “Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns.

3 Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.

4 “The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the town wall.

5 Outside the town, measure two thousand cubits on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west and two thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.

6 “Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.

Footnotes 1

[a]. That is, about 1,500 feet or about 450 meters

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Numbers 35:4 in Other Translations

Numbers 35:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:4 In-Context

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