Kabbalah for Numbers 35:5
וּמַדֹּתֶ֞ם מִח֣וּץ לָעִ֗יר אֶת־פְּאַת־קֵ֣דְמָה אַלְפַּ֪יִם בָּֽאַמָּ֟ה וְאֶת־פְּאַת־נֶגֶב֩ אַלְפַּ֨יִם בָּאַמָּ֜ה וְאֶת־פְּאַת־יָ֣ם ׀ אַלְפַּ֣יִם בָּֽאַמָּ֗ה וְאֵ֨ת פְּאַ֥ת צָפ֛וֹן אַלְפַּ֥יִם בָּאַמָּ֖ה וְהָעִ֣יר בַּתָּ֑וֶךְ זֶ֚ה יִהְיֶ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם מִגְרְשֵׁ֖י הֶעָרִֽים׃
And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the open land about the cities.
Zohar
This scripture was studied in the Celestial Academy. "A man of great stature" (I Chron 11:23). All is one, as "a man of good appearance (II Sam. 23:21)" and "a man of good stature" are both the same, because they represent the Shabbat and the limits. As it is written, "And you shall measure from outside the city" (Num. 35:5), and, "You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard (Heb. מִּדָּה)" (Lev. 19:35). Therefore, this is a man of great stature (Heb. מִּדָּה) who stretches out from one end of the world to the other. And so was Adam. And if you say, But it is written, "five cubits?" (I Chron. 11:23), remember that these five cubits extended from one end of the world to the other!
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