Ezekiel 48:30

And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures. _ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE._...

Verse Ezekiel 48:30. _THESE ARE THE GOINGS OUT_] Each of the four sides of the city was _four thousand five hundred_ cubits long. There were three gates on each side, as mentioned below; and the whole circumference of the city was eighteen thousand cubits. See the map, plan B. _dddd_. Ezekiel 48:35. The rector of New Haven College, in New England, supposes the preceding representations to refer to the happy state of the Church in what is called the Millennium. Leaving this period out of the question, the following observations are worthy of notice:- "The Jews, for whom this vision was intended, would conceive their country to be divided to the _twelve tribes_, in lots of a regular and mathematical form; and not confused or intermixed, as in Joshua's

THE GOINGS OUT OF THE CITY - The gates described in Ezekiel 48:31. “Measures” (reeds) concern the sides. Divide the verses thus: Ezekiel 48:30. “And these are the goings out of the city. Ezekiel 48:31. On the north side 4500 measures: and the gates of the city after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward etc.”...

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 THESE ARE THE GOINGS OUT OF THE CITY,.... The gates of it, as Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it, by which they went out of it, and into it; and also the sides of it. The Lord here returns to the city again, to give an account of its circumference and name: ON THE NORTH SIDE FOUR THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED MEASURES; the north side of the city measured so many measures; that is, reeds, as Jarchi explains it....

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

GOINGS OUT. outlets....

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....

_4. The gates of the city (48:30-35_) TRANSLATION (30) And these are the egresses of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure; (31) and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. (32) And at the east side four thousand and five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one. (33) And at the south side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one. (34) At the west side four thousand and five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one. (35) It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about: and the name of th...