Ezekiel 48:1
TO THE COAST OF] RV 'beside', AS ONE GOETH TO] RV 'to the entering in of', FOR THESE ARE HIS SIDES] RV 'and they shall have their sides',... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE COAST OF] RV 'beside', AS ONE GOETH TO] RV 'to the entering in of', FOR THESE ARE HIS SIDES] RV 'and they shall have their sides',... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NEW ISRAEL (EZEKIEL 33-48) So long as the Jewish kingdom remained in existence Ezekiel's prophecies (those in Ezekiel 1-24) dealt almost exclusively with the nation's sin, and with the certainty of its overthrow. But when these prophecies were fulfilled by the fall of Jerusalem his message assum... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFERING] RV 'oblation'. See Ezekiel 48:9; Ezekiel 48:20; Ezekiel 48:21. _Reeds_] should be 'cubits', and so throughout.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEN THOUSAND] RM 'twenty thousand', as in Ezekiel 45:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER AGAINST] RV 'answerable unto': so in Ezekiel 48:18; Ezekiel 48:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
A PROFANE _PLACE_] RV 'for common use.'... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVE] RV 'labour in': so in Ezekiel 48:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL SERVE IT] RV 'shall till it.'... [ Continue Reading ]
The portions] The territories of Judah and Benjamin. _(C) THE GATES OF THE CITY (EZEKIEL 48:30)_ The city, excluding the suburbs, was a square of 4,500 cubits each way, or 18,000 cubits in circuit. It had twelve gates, three on each side, and called after the twelve tribes, Joseph being here one t... [ Continue Reading ]
See on Ezekiel 47:19. _(B) THE SACRED TERRITORY (EZEKIEL 48:8)_ This has already been partly described in Ezekiel 45:1. It formed a zone extending from the Mediterranean to the Jordan, between the portion of Judah on the N. and that of Benjamin on the S. (see Fig. 8). Its breadth was 25,000 cubits... [ Continue Reading ]
MEASURES] means 'cubits': so in Ezekiel 48:33; Ezekiel 48:35. In Ezekiel 48:32; Ezekiel 48:34 for reeds (RT) read 'cubits.'... [ Continue Reading ]