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The towns are to be reserved for their dwelling places and the grazing lands[a] are to be reserved for their cattle, livestock, and all their animals. The grazing lands that you are to reserve for use by the descendants of Levi are to extend 1,000 cubits[b] from the walls of the town. You are to measure from outside the wall of the town on the east side 2,000 cubits,[c] on the south side 2,000 cubits,[d] on the west side 2,000 cubits,[e] and on the north side 2,000 cubits,[f] with the town placed at the center. This reserved area is to serve as grazing[g] land for their towns.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 35:3 Or suburbs
  2. Numbers 35:4 I.e. about 1,500 feet; the cubit was about eighteen inches
  3. Numbers 35:5 I.e. about 3,000 feet; the cubit was about eighteen inches
  4. Numbers 35:5 I.e. about 3,000 feet; the cubit was about eighteen inches
  5. Numbers 35:5 I.e. about 3,000 feet; the cubit was about eighteen inches
  6. Numbers 35:5 I.e. about 3,000 feet; the cubit was about eighteen inches
  7. Numbers 35:5 Or open land