Numbers 35:5

וּמַדֹּתֶם מִחוּץ לָעִיר אֶת ־ פְּאַת ־ קֵדְמָה אַלְפַּיִם בָּֽאַמָּה וְאֶת ־ פְּאַת ־ נֶגֶב אַלְפַּיִם בָּאַמָּה וְאֶת ־ פְּאַת ־ יָם ׀ אַלְפַּיִם בָּֽאַמָּה וְאֵת פְּאַת צָפוֹן אַלְפַּיִם בָּאַמָּה וְהָעִיר בַּתָּוֶךְ זֶה יִהְיֶה לָהֶם מִגְרְשֵׁי הֶעָרִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

In Context

4וּמִגְרְשֵׁי הֶֽעָרִים אֲשֶׁר תִּתְּנוּ לַלְוִיִּם מִקִּיר הָעִיר וָחוּצָה אֶלֶף אַמָּה סָבִֽיב ׃

6וְאֵת הֶֽעָרִים אֲשֶׁר תִּתְּנוּ לַלְוִיִּם אֵת שֵׁשׁ ־ עָרֵי הַמִּקְלָט אֲשֶׁר תִּתְּנוּ לָנֻס שָׁמָּה הָרֹצֵחַ וַעֲלֵיהֶם תִּתְּנוּ אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁתַּיִם עִֽיר ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:6וְכִֽי ־ יָבֹא הַלֵּוִי מֵאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ מִכָּל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר ־ הוּא גָּר שָׁם וּבָא בְּכָל ־ אַוַּת נַפְשׁוֹ אֶל ־ הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר ־ יִבְחַר יְהוָֽה ׃

Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:2-9

The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye… Read the whole commentary →

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