(A)“Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession as cities for them to dwell in. And you shall give to the Levites pasturelands around the cities. The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts. The pasturelands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits[a] all around.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 35:4 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

“Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in(A) from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands(B) around the towns. Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.(C)

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

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  1. Numbers 35:4 That is, about 1,500 feet or about 450 meters