New Living Translation
Ezekiel 48:30
30“These will be the exits to the city: On the north wall, which is 1-1/2 miles 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.
- 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
28The southern border of Gad runs from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh and then follows the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean. 29“These are the allotments that will be set aside for each tribe’s exclusive possession. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken! “These will be the exits to the city: On the north wall, which is 1-1/2 miles long, 31there will be three gates, each one named after a tribe of Israel. The first will be named for Reuben, the second for Judah, and the third for Levi. 32On the east wall, also 1-1/2 miles long, the gates will be named for Joseph, Benjamin, and 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 48:16The city will measure 1-1/2 miles on each side—north, south, east, and west.
- Revelation 21:16When he measured it, he found it was a square, as wide as it was long. In fact, its length and width and height were each 1,400 miles.
- Ezekiel 48:15“An additional strip of land 8-1/3 miles long by 1-2/3 miles wide, south of the sacred Temple area, will be allotted for public use—homes, pasturelands, and common lands, with a city at the center.
- Ezekiel 42:16He measured the east side with his measuring rod, and it was 875 feet long.
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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