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Numbers 35:4

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35:4The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards5 from the town wall.

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  1. 5 Heb “one thousand cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) in length, so this would be a distance of 1,500 feet or 500 yards (675 meters).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites will extend from the city wall five hundred yards on every side.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“The pasturelands of the cities that you will give to the Levites will extend from the wall of the city to a distance of a thousand cubits all around.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.