מִגְרָשׁmigrâsh

common, common-land, open land (Numbers 35:2; Ezekiel 45:2; Ezekiel 48:15; Leviticus 25:34; 2 Chronicles 31:19)

Pronunciation: mig-rawsh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4054

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 111 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 25:34 The open pastureland around the Levitical towns may never be sold. It is their permanent possession.
  • Numbers 35:2 “Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites from their property certain towns to live in, along with the surrounding pasturelands.
  • Numbers 35:3 These towns will be for the Levites to live in, and the surrounding lands will provide pasture for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.
  • Numbers 35:4 The pastureland assigned to the Levites around these towns will extend 1,500 feet from the town walls in every direction.
  • Numbers 35:5 Measure off 3,000 feet outside the town walls in every direction—east, south, west, north—with the town at the center. This area will serve as the larger pastureland for the towns.
  • Numbers 35:7 In all, forty-eight towns with the surrounding pastureland will be given to the Levites.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).