Num 35:4 | NET2full | STEP | The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards from the town wall .

Numbers 35:4

4 The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards ^{▼▼tn Heb “1,000 cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about 18 inches (45 cm) in length, so this would be a distance of 1,500 feet or 500 yards (457.2 meters).} from the town wall.