John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 45:2
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary ,.... Or temple, the house before described in the preceding chapters: five hundred in length, and five hundred in breadth, square round about : that is, five hundred reeds square, as is manifest from Ezekiel 42:16 , and this denotes the largeness, perfection, and stability of the church of Christ, which the sanctuary was a type of: and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof ; which were a void place of fifty cubits round about the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 45:1-8
Directions are here given for the dividing of the land after their return to it; and, God having warranted them to do it, would be an act of faith, and not of folly, thus to divide it before they had it. And it would be welcome news to the captives to hear that they should not only return to their own land, but that, whereas they were now but few in number, they should increase and multiply, so as to replenish it. But this never had its accomplishment in the Jewish state after the return out... read more