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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 48:15

The five thousand ... - The remainder of the square of 25,000 reeds from north to south.Profane - For common use, as distinguished from that which is holy unto the Lord. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 48:15-17

Ezekiel 48:15-17. 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 ten thousands in breadth, mentioned Ezekiel 48:10, makes up a square of twenty- five thousand every way: see Ezekiel 48:20. Shall be a profane place for the city, &c. It is called a profane place comparatively, because it was not so holy as the temple and the sanctuary. ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 48:1-29

Click image for full-size versionDivisions of the land (48:1-29)Land to the north of the specially allocated central portion (see 45:1-8) was divided into seven equal portions by drawing parallel lines from the Mediterranean Sea to the eastern boundary. Although the terrain of the country would make such a division impossible in practice, the division had meaning. It indicated a measure of equality among the tribes (for their portions were equal in area; see 47:14), though there was a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 48:15

Ezekiel 48:15. Over against, &c.— Beside the five-and-twenty thousand shall be common [ground] for the city. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

15-17. The five thousand rods, apportioned to the city out of the twenty-five thousand square, are to be laid off in a square of four thousand five hundred, with the two hundred fifty all around for suburbs. profane—that is, not strictly sacred as the sacerdotal portions, but applied to secular uses. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 48:15-19

The remaining portion of this allotment, a section 25,000 cubits (about 8.3 miles) wide by 5,000 cubits (about 1.7 miles) north to south, would be for the holy city and the open spaces beside it. The city itself would occupy the central portion of this section. It would be for the common use of the Israelites, as would be its open spaces and home sites. The city itself would be 4,500 cubits (about 1.5 miles) square with a 250 cubit (416 feet 8 inches) open space border on each of its four... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 48:1-35

The Division of the Land and the Plan of the City(a) The Tribes (Ezekiel 48:1-7; Ezekiel 48:23-29)These were twelve in number, as the two tribes descended from Joseph (Ezekiel 47:13) made up for the exclusion of Levi. From the N. border (Ezekiel 48:1) to the S. border (Ezekiel 48:28) the country was divided into 13 parallel zones, running across it from the E. to the W. boundary. Starting from the N., seven of these were assigned in order to the tribes of Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 48:15

(15) The five thousand that are left.—The two strips of territory for the Levites and the priests, each 10,000 reeds wide, being deducted from the whole width of the oblation, leaves a strip of 5,000 wide and 25,000 long which is here apportioned to the city and its suburbs. It is called “profane” in contrast to the “holy” possession of the Levites (Ezekiel 48:14), and the “most holy” of the priests (Ezekiel 48:12), though it was still a part of the oblation. read more

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