Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem,.... Which was a reason why them were so many of the Jews come there to condole the two sisters upon the death of their brother; and by this means the following miracle became more known there: it wasabout fifteen furlongs off; that is, about two miles, for seven furlongs and a half made a Jewish mile, as appears from one of their canons , which runs thus:"they do not spread nets for doves, except it be distant from an habitable place, oyr Myvlv, "thirty furlongs";''which the commentators say are "four miles": and still more expressly it is said , that"between Jerusalem and Zuck, (the place where the scape goat was had,) there were ten tents, and ninety furlongs, lym lkl huxmw hebv "seven and a half to every mile".'
'Hence a furlong was called one seventh and a half of a mile , which was 266 cubits, and two thirds of one. Misn. Bava Kama, c. 7. sect. 7. Maimon. Jarchi, & Bartenora in ib. Misn. Yoma, c. 6. sect. 4.
T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 33. 1. Maimon. Hilch. Rotzeach, c. 13. sect.