Numbers 35:5

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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.You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

In other translations

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.You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

Hebrew words

וּמַדֹּתֶםumadotemand you will measureH4058מִחוּץmichutzfrom [the] outsideH2351לָעִירla'irof the cityH5892אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853פְּאַת־pe'at-[the] side ofH6285קֵדְמָהkedemaheast -wardH6924אַלְפַּיִם'alpayimtwo thousandH505בָּאַמָּהba'amahby the cubitH520וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853פְּאַת־pe'at-[the] side ofH6285נֶגֶבnegev[the] southH5045אַלְפַּיִם'alpayimtwo thousandH505בָּאַמָּהba'amahby the cubitH520וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853פְּאַת־pe'at-[the] side ofH6285יָם׀yam[the] westH3220אַלְפַּיִם'alpayimtwo thousandH505בָּאַמָּהba'amahby the cubitH520וְאֵתve'etand <obj.>H853פְּאַתpe'at[the] side ofH6285צָפוֹןtzafon[the] northH6828אַלְפַּיִם'alpayimtwo thousandH505בָּאַמָּהba'amahby the cubitH520וְהָעִירveha'irand the cityH5892בַּתָּוֶךְbatavekh[will be] in the middleH8432זֶהzehthisH2088יִהְיֶהyihyehit will belongH1961לָהֶםlahemto <the> themמִגְרְשֵׁיmigreshei[the] pasture lands ofH4054הֶעָרִים׃he'arimthe citiesH5892

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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