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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Ezekiel 48:30

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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the goings: Eze 48:16, Eze 48:32-35; Rev 21:16 four: It is certainly most obvious to interpret these measures, not of cubits, but of the measuring reed which the prophet's conductor had in his hand; according to which, the city would be about thirty-six miles in circumference, and nine miles on each side of the square; which was nearly nine times larger than the greatest extent to which Jerusalem ever attained (See note on Eze 42:15, and see note on Eze 42:16.) The large dimensions of the city and land were perhaps intended to intimate the extensive and glorious propagation of the gospel in the times predicted; and the land was not called Canaan, nor the city Jerusalem, probably because they were figurative of spiritual blessings to the church and to Israel. Ezekiel 48:31
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