Numbers 35:4
4The 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.
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