Now the prophet hath a general topography of the city, which lay four-square. The first side mentioned is the north, for there he began to describe the land, or because it was nearest the temple. It was, as Ezekiel 48:16, which see, four thousand five hundred cubits, i.e. about a mile and one third of a mile.
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Ezekiel 48:30
30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.