Numbers 35:4
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites,.... The dimensions and bounds of them were not left to the Israelites, to give what ground they pleased for this purpose, but were…
Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
And the suburbs of the cities - shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
The Levitical cities
The Levites are to receive 48 cities with their surrounding land (E.VV. -suburbs"), six of which are to be -cities of refuge." The cities are to be contributed by each tribe in…