On that day R’ Akiva expounded: And you shall measure from outside the city, the east side —- two thousand cubits, etc. (Numbers 35:5). But another verse states: From the wall of the city and outward, one thousand cubits round about (Num-bers 35:4). It is impossible to say one thousand cubits, since it already says two thousand cubits; and it is impossible to say two thousand cubits, since it already says one thousand cubits. How do we resolve this? [The] one thousand cubits [are] a clearing, while [the] two thousand cubits [are] the Sabbath boundary. R’ Eliezer the son of R’ Yose HaGlili says: [The] one thousand cubits [are] a clearing, while the second thousand cubits [are for] fields and vineyards.