Ezekiel 48:15-17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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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 midst thereof.

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 ... for suburbs ... the north side four thousand and five hundred ... And the suburbs ... shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty ... The 5,000 rods apportioned to the city out of the 25,000 square, are to be laid off in a square of 4,500, with the 250 all round for suburbs.

Profane - i:e., not strictly sacred, as the sacerdotal portions, but applied to secular uses.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 48:15

Ezekiel 48:15-17

15 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 midst thereof.

16 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.

17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.