βορρᾶ, νότου, δυσμῶν. A am[827] have βορρᾶ … δυσμῶν … νότου.

[827] Codex Amiatinus 6th century in Laurentian Library at Florence.

13. ἀπὸ� … ἀπὸ δυσμῶν. The order of enumeration in Numbers is E.S.W.N., in Ezekiel N.E.S.W., in Enoch N.W.S.E., as in each of them the surveyor goes round methodically in order: here the Seer stands as it were on a new Mount of Olives with the east front of the city facing him, its northern and southern fronts to his right and left, while the western battlements bound the view.

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