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Numbers 35:5-7
Tree of Life Version
Numbers 35:5-7
Tree of Life Version
5 You are to measure outside the cities 2,000 cubits on the east side, 2,000 cubits on the south side, on the west side 2,000 cubits, and on the north side 2,000 cubits. These are to be pasturelands for the cities.
6 “Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be cities of refuge, to which anyone who kills anyone may flee. Besides these, you are to give the Levites 42 more cities. 7 In all, you are to give the Levites 48 cities with their pastures.
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Numbers 35:5-7
New International Version
Numbers 35:5-7
New International Version
5 Outside the town, measure two thousand cubits[a](A) 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.(B)
Cities of Refuge(C)
6 “Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee.(D) In addition, give them forty-two other towns. 7 In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands.
Footnotes
- Numbers 35:5 That is, about 3,000 feet or about 900 meters
Numbers 35:5-7
King James Version
Numbers 35:5-7
King James Version
5 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.
6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
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