Ezekiel 48:30

30 And these [shall be] the exits of the city: From {the north side}, four thousand and five hundred [cubits] [by] measurement.

Ezekiel 48:30 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 48:30

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.

Ezekiel 48:30 In-Context

28 and next to the territory of Gad, to [the] side of [the] south, {southward}; and [the] territory will be from Tamar [to] the waters of Meribath Kadesh, [toward] the wadi, [on] to the Great Sea.
29 This [is] the land that you shall allot as [an] inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these [are] their portions," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
30 And these [shall be] the exits of the city: From {the north side}, four thousand and five hundred [cubits] [by] measurement.
31 And the gates of the city [shall be] according to the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates [to the] north, the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
32 And on [the] east side, four thousand five hundred [cubits], [and] three gates, and [so] the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Or "on" or "along"
  • [b]. Literally "[the] side of [the] north"
  • [c]. That is, 1.5 miles
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