Numbers 35:5
The Scripture
(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Numbers 35 commands the Israelites to give the Levites cities to dwell in with surrounding pasturelands from their own inheritance. It designates six cities of refuge where a manslayer who killed someone unintentionally could flee from the avenger of blood, and it distinguishes accidental killing from intentional murder, which required the death of the murderer on the testimony of witnesses. The chapter closes by forbidding the pollution of the land by bloodshed, since the Lord Himself dwells among the children of Israel.
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Related verses (shared words)
Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 40:48II Chronicles 3:3Ezekiel 41:12Genesis 6:15Exodus 27:1