The city with its twelve gates, named after the tribes. Cf. Revelation 21:12 seq

30. goings out of the city i.e. the extensions on all sides.

measures in measure, i.e. extent. The 4500 are naturally cubits. The city lies foursquare, each side being 4500. But on each side is a free place of 250 cubits, so that the city forms a square of 5000 cubits.

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