Ezekiel 48:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. ”

• Ezekiel 48:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And these [shall be] the measures of it; the north side (c) four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, an...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 poin...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and t...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 m...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The New Israel (Ezekiel 33-48) So long as the Jewish kingdom remained in existence Ezekiel's prophecies (those in Ezekiel 1-24) dealt almost exclusively with the nation's sin, and with the certain...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The measures . — The city itself is to be an exact square of 4,500 reeds, and according to Ezekiel 48:17 , was to have “suburbs,” or rather an open space on all sides of 250 reeds. The whole was,...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  RENEWAL AND ALLOTMENT OF THE LAND Ezekiel 47:1-23 ; Ezekiel 48:1-35 IN the first part of the forty-seventh chapter the visionary form of the revelation, which had been interrupted by the impor...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The disposition of the tribes in relation to the sanctuary was then given. On the north of the sacred land Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, and Judah were to find their possessions, a...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here are directions, very largely given, for the different services of the several tribes, and their importance; of which we cannot now speak particularly. It is on these points, this striking prophe...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And this shall be the measures thereof ,.... Of the city: the north side four thousand and five hundred ; that is, measures or reeds: the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the ea...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And these [shall be] the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and t...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And the five thousand that are left in the breadth over against [or beside , see Eze 48:13] the five and twenty thousand This five thousand, added to the twenty-five thousand in length, and two...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Division of the Land. B. C. 574.       1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The measures; the extent and proportions of the ground for the city; a square of four thousand five hundred shall be taken out of the middle of the twenty-five thousand for the area or ground-plot...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the twenty five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs. And the city shall be in its midst. And...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE IDEAL ALLOTMENT OF THE HOLY LAND. (Chap. 48) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The order of the original occupation of the Holy Land by the tribes under Joshua is partly, but only partly, followed. It is a new...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  REFLECTIONS . In the forty fifth chapter, the prophet had begun to describe the division of the land, but being attracted by the astonishing waters of the river of life, he digressed to describe the...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The Lord is there. Ezekiel’s last vision The following are some of the principal heads of prophetic instruction intended by the vision. 1. That there was to be an entire new state of things...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION The closing chapter of the prophet's temple-vision treats more particularly of the distribution of the land among the several tribes ( Ezekiel 48:1-26 ), and concludes with a statemen...

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Division of the New Canaan

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 48:16

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• Ezekiel 48:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The measures thereof — The extent and proportions of the city, a square of four thousand five hundred shall be taken out of the middle of the twenty five thousand or the ground — plat of the city....

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