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Ezekiel 48:30
30“These are the exits of the city: on the north side, [which is to extend] 4,500 cubits by measurement,
Ezekiel 48:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
- New International Version (NIV)“These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"These shall be the exits of the city: On the north side, which is to be 4,500 cubits by measure,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“These are the exits of the city. On the north side, measuring four thousand five hundred cubits
Context of Ezekiel 48:30
28And beside the border of Gad, at the south side, southward, the border shall extend from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the Brook [of Egypt], to the Great [Mediterranean] Sea. 29This is the land which you shall divide by lot among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance, and these are their several portions,” says the Lord God. “These are the exits of the city: on the north side, [which is to extend] 4,500 cubits by measurement, 31there shall also be gates of the city, named after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. 32On the east side, 4,500 cubits, also three gates: one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
Read all of Ezekiel 48Ezekiel 48:30 word by word
וְאֵ֖לֶּה תּוֹצְאֹ֣ת הָעִ֑יר מִפְּאַ֣ת צָפ֔וֹן חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֛וֹת וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת אֲלָפִ֖ים מִדָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- the goings outתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
- of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- on the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
- sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
- fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
- hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- measuresמִדָּהmiddâh · measureH4060
Cross-references for Ezekiel 48:30
- Ezekiel 48:16These shall be the measurements of it: the north side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500, the east side 4,500, and the west side 4,500.
- Revelation 21:16The city is laid out as a square, its length being the same as its width; and he measured the city with his rod—twelve thousand stadia (about 1,400 miles); its length and width and height are equal.
- Ezekiel 48:15“The remaining [strip of] 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 in length shall be for the city’s common (secular) use, for a place in which to live and for open country. The city shall be in the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 42:16He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 48:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30These are the goings out - Each of the four sides of the city was four thousand five hundred cubits long. There were three gates on each side, as mentioned below; and the whole circumference of the city was eighteen thousand cubits. See the map, plan B. dddd. The rector of New Haven College, in New England, supposes the preceding representations to refer to the happy state of the Church in what is called the Millennium. Leaving this period out of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30The goings out of the city - The gates described in Ezekiel 48:31. “Measures” (reeds) concern the sides. Divide the verses thus: Ezekiel 48:30. “And these are the goings out of the city. Ezekiel 48:31. On the north side 4500 measures: and the gates of the city after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward etc.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30-31At the end of the book, Ezekiel describes the exits of the city. He again emphasizes the theme of access, which appears throughout Ezekiel 40–48. Like the temple, the city was a square with exact measurements. It had 12 gates, one for each tribe of Israel. This design showed that all the tribes were united as one people. Three gates were especially important. They were named after Reuben, Judah, and Levi. Reuben was the oldest son of Israel. Judah was the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-351. Dan--The lands are divided into portions of ideal exactness, running alongside of each other, the whole breadth from west to east, standing in a common relation to the temple in the center: seven tribes' portions on the north, five in the smaller division in the south. The portions of the city, the temple, the prince, and the priesthood, are in the middle, not within the boundaries of any tribe, all alike having a common interest in them. Judah has the…Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Ezekiel 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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