Ezekiel 48:15

_ And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. _ The five thousand that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling ... for suburbs ... the north side four thousand and five hundred ... And the suburbs ... shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty ... THE 5,000 RODS APPORTIONED TO THE CITY OUT OF THE 25,000 SQUARE, ARE TO BE LAID OFF IN A SQUARE OF 4,500, WITH THE 250 ALL ROUND FOR SUBURBS. Profane - i:e., not strictly sacred, as the sacerdotal portions, but applied to secular uses....

Verse Ezekiel 48:15. _AND THE FIVE THOUSAND THAT ARE LEFT_] The territory of the Levites was _twenty-five thousand_ square cubits, Ezekiel 48:20, But their city was only _four thousand five hundred_ square cubits, see Ezekiel 48:13; Ezekiel 48:16; there remained, therefore, _ten thousand_ cubits square to be divided, of which _five thousand_ cubits in breadth, by _twenty-five thousand_ in length, on the east and west sides, were reserved for a sort of _second city_; or for suburbs where laymen might dwell who were employed by those priests and Levites who lodged in the temple and in the city,...

THE FIVE THOUSAND ... - The remainder of the square of 25,000 reeds from north to south. PROFANE - For common use, as distinguished from that which is holy unto the Lord....

EXPOSITION The closing chapter of the prophet's temple-vision treats more particularly of the distribution of the land among the several tribes (Ezekiel 48:1), and concludes with a statement concerning the gates, dimensions, and name of the city (Ezekiel 48:30-26). EZEKIEL 48:1 The _distribution of the land among the several tribes_._ _First, the portions north of the terumah (Ezekiel 48:1); secondly, the terumah (Ezekiel 48:8), embracing the portions of the priests and Levites ...

AND THE FIVE THOUSAND THAT ARE LEFT IN THE BREADTH OVER AGAINST THE FIVE AND TWENTY THOUSAND,.... Which belonged to the Levites, which was a square of twenty five thousand reeds by twenty five thousand; by the side of, or parallel to, the twenty five thousand in length, ran twenty five thousand in breadth, two ten thousands, as in the portion of the priests, Ezekiel 48:10 so in theirs, Ezekiel 48:13, the residue whereof, five thousand, SHALL BE A PROFANE PLACE FOR THE CITY, FOR DWELLING, AND FOR SUBURBS; to build a city upon for the Israelites to dwell in, and suburbs to be inhabited by those that were not of the city; or for fields and gardens, to supply the city with things necessary and convenient; though the Jewish commentators, Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, say the suburbs wer

CHAPTER 48 _ 1. The portion of the seven tribes (Ezekiel 48:1) _ 2. The oblation for the sanctuary, for the city, and for the prince (Ezekiel 48:8) 3. The gates of the city and its new name (Ezekiel 48:30) Without entering into the measurements, the architecture, and other features of this great temple, we point out a few things which are important. First, as to the contents of the interior of this temple. The words “silver and gold” are not mentioned once in Ezekiel 40:1; Ezekiel 41:1;...

EZEKIEL 48. THE TRIBAL ALLOTMENTS. The holy city, Jerusalem, with its environments is significantly regarded as the true centre, geographical no less than religious, of the country; but, as in point of fact it really lay in the southern half, the prophet, in his ideal allotment of the land, makes a concession to geographical fact by putting seven tribes to the north, arranged in parallel strips, viz. Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, and Judah (Ezekiel 48:1), and five to the south, Benjamin, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulon, and Gad (Ezekiel 48:23). EZEKIEL 48:9. THE SACRED RESERVATION. Between Judah and Benjamin lay the sacred reservation, a piece of land about eight miles square. The norther

SHALL BE. it [shall be]. PROFANE. common....

The portion of the oblation assignable to the city. The remaining 5000 in breadth (N. to S.) shall belong to the city, with the same length as the portions of the priests and Levites, viz. 25,000, as it is said "over against (i.e. in length) the 25,000." On "suburbs," cf. Ezekiel 45:2 they are the free place round the city....

OVER AGAINST, &C.— _Beside the five-and-twenty thousand shall be common_ [_ground_] _for the city._...