John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 48:20
All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand ,.... Or, "every oblation" F23 כל התרומה "omnis oblatio", Pagninus, Montanus. ; everyone of the oblations; that for the priests and the sanctuary; that for the Levites, and that for the city, its suburbs, and the maintenance of those that served the city; each were a square of five and twenty thousand reeds: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city ; taking in the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 48:1-30
We have here a very short and ready way taken for the dividing of the land among the twelve tribes, not so tedious and so far about as the way that was taken in Joshua's time; for in the distribution of spiritual and heavenly blessings there is not that danger of murmuring and quarrelling that there is in the participation of the temporal blessings. When God gave to the labourers every one his penny those that were uneasy at it were soon put to silence with, May I not do what I will with my... read more