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Ezekiel 48:35

The whole circumference of the city was 18,000 cubits, or some-what under six miles. Josephus (Bell. Jud. Ezekiel 48:4; Ezekiel 48:3) reckoned the bounds of Jerusalem in his day at 33 stadia, or about four miles. For measures, cubits.

The Lordis there Cf. Revelation 21:3, "And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God." The prophet beheld the Lord forsake his temple (11), and he beheld him again enter it (43); now he abides in it among his people for ever. The covenant ran that he should be their God and they his people; this is perfectly fulfilled in his presence among them. The end in view from the beginning has been reached.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    סָבִ֕יב שְׁמֹנָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אָ֑לֶף וְ שֵׁם ־הָ

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 48:35 around H5439 eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505 name H8034 city H5892 day H3117 THERE H3074

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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