⁴ The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites will extend from the city wall five hundred yards^[a] on every side.

⁵ Measure a thousand yards^[a] outside the city for the east side, a thousand yards for the south side, a thousand yards for the west side, and a thousand yards for the north side, with the city in the center. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities.