Ezekiel 48:30

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 toward the south, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the Great Sea. 29This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions,” declares the Lord God. “These are the exits of the city: on the north side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, 31shall be the gates of the city, named for the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. 32On the east side, 4,500 cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.

Ezekiel 48:30 word by word

וְאֵ֖לֶּה תּוֹצְאֹ֣ת הָעִ֑יר מִפְּאַ֣ת צָפ֔וֹן חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֛וֹת וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת אֲלָפִ֖ים מִדָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• are the exitsתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
• of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
• 4,500חָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• 4,500מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• 4,500אַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• 4,500אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• by measurementמִדָּהmiddâh · measureH4060

Cross-references for Ezekiel 48:30

• Ezekiel 48:16These shall be its measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits.
• Revelation 21:16The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.
• Ezekiel 48:15“The remainder, 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 in length, shall be for common use for the city, for dwellings and for open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst.
• Ezekiel 42:16He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds by the measuring reed.

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

• Four Thousand
• Alienate
• Profane
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Levitical Cities
• Leviticus
• Priests and Levites

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