Numbers 35:5
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Toward the east shall be two thousand cubits: and toward the south in like manner shall be two thousand cubits: toward the sea also, which looketh to the west, shall be the same extent: and the north side shall be bounded with the like limits. And the cities shall be in the midst, and the suburbs without.

Context
Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites
4Which suburbs shall reach from the walls of the cities outward, a thousand paces on every side: 5Toward the east shall be two thousand cubits: and toward the south in like manner shall be two thousand cubits: toward the sea also, which looketh to the west, shall be the same extent: and the north side shall be bounded with the like limits. And the cities shall be in the midst, and the suburbs without.
Cross References
Numbers 35:4
Which suburbs shall reach from the walls of the cities outward, a thousand paces on every side:

Numbers 35:6
And among the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for refuge to fugitives, that he who hath shed blood may flee to them: and besides these there shall be other forty-two cities,

Lexicon
You are also to measure
וּמַדֹּתֶ֞ם (ū·mad·dō·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4058: To stretch, to measure, to be extended

two thousand
אַלְפַּ֪יִם (’al·pa·yim)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

cubits
בָּֽאַמָּ֟ה (bā·’am·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

outside
מִח֣וּץ (mi·ḥūṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

the city
לָעִ֗יר (lā·‘îr)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

on the east,
קֵ֣דְמָה (qê·ḏə·māh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6924: The front, of place, time

two thousand
אַלְפַּ֨יִם (’al·pa·yim)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

cubits
בָּאַמָּ֜ה (bā·’am·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

on the south,
נֶגֶב֩ (ne·ḡeḇ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5045: South country, the Negeb, south

two thousand
אַלְפַּ֣יִם (’al·pa·yim)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

cubits
בָּֽאַמָּ֗ה (bā·’am·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and on the west,
יָ֣ם ׀ (yām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

[and] two thousand
אַלְפַּ֥יִם (’al·pa·yim)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

cubits
בָּאַמָּ֖ה (bā·’am·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

on the north,
צָפ֛וֹן (ṣā·p̄ō·wn)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter

with the city
וְהָעִ֣יר (wə·hā·‘îr)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

in the center.
בַּתָּ֑וֶךְ (bat·tā·weḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

These areas
זֶ֚ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

will serve
יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

as larger pasturelands
מִגְרְשֵׁ֖י (miḡ·rə·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4054: A suburb, the area around a, building, the margin of the sea

for the cities.
הֶעָרִֽים׃ (he·‘ā·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement


Additional Translations
You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand cubits on the south, two thousand cubits on the west, and two thousand cubits on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.And you 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 middle: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

And thou shalt measure outside 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 your city shall be in the midst of this, and the suburbs of the cities as described.

And ye shall measure, without the city, the east side two thousand cubits, and the south side two thousand cubits, and the west side two thousand cubits, and the north side two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: they shall have this as suburbs of the cities.

And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

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.

You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

And ye have measured from the outside of the city, the east quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the south quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the west quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the north quarter, two thousand by the cubit; and the city is in the midst; this is to them the suburbs of the cities.
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