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John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 48:8
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering, &c.] Or the oblation of a holy portion of the land unto the Lord before made mention of, (<264501>Ezekiel 45:1) this was close by the tribe of Judah, and in the same direction with that and the rest of the tribes, proceeding in length from east to west: this takes in the whole allotted to the sanctuary, the priests, the Levites, the city, and the prince; each of which are taken notice of in the following verses: which they shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth; from north to south; which makes, as the Jewsf862 say, seventy five miles; some make it seventy seven, and others more: and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side; that is, equal to one of the portions allotted to anyone of the tribes, which were alike: what this measure was is not said, but was the same with the breadth; since the whole oblation was five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand, (<264820>Ezekiel 48:20): and the sanctuary shall be in the midst thereof; of the holy portion of land; (see <264503>Ezekiel 45:3), not in the tribe of Judah or Benjamin; nor in the city of Jerusalem, as before; but many miles from thence.
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