Ezekiel 48:28

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 from N. to S. (Ezekiel 48:8). The central portion formed a square of 25,000 cubits each way, and included the domains of the Lévites, priests, and city, as described in Ezekiel 45:8 (see Fig. 7). The strip of 25,000 cubits by 5,000 (Fig. 7, g h c d), assigned to the city, consisted of a central square 5,000 cubits each way (i k I m), which contained the city proper, a square of 4,500 cubits each way (Ezekiel 48:16), surrounded on all sides by a border (suburbs) 250 cubits across (Ezekiel 48:17). E. and W. of this square were two rectangles (g i c l, k h m d), each 10,000 cubits by 5,000, to be cultivated by the citizens for food (Ezekiel 48:18). On the E. and W. of the great square formed by the lands of the Lévites, priests, and city, lay the possessions of the prince (Fig. 7, PP), extending to the Mediterranean on the W. and the Jordan on the E., as described in Ezekiel 45:7 (Ezekiel 48:21).