English: “Two thousand cubits” — yet above it says one thousand cubits. How is this resolved? One thousand cubits are the migrash, and two thousand cubits are fields and vineyards.
Type of Learning
Resolution of apparent contradiction between the two measures given for the open land of the Levitical cities.
What Is Learned
The inner thousand cubits are pure migrash (open land); the outer two thousand include fields and vineyards that may be worked.