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Ezekiel 48:30
30“These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long,
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.
- 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
- New Living Translation (NLT)“These will be the exits to the city: On the north wall, which is 1-1/2 miles long,
Context of Ezekiel 48:30
28“The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. 29“This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Sovereign Lord. “These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long, 31the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi. 32“On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.
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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 48:16and will have these 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 was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long.
- Ezekiel 48:15“The remaining area, 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for the common use of the city, for houses and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it
- Ezekiel 42:16He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits.
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
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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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