Ezekiel 48:16

16 and will measure 4,500 cubits [just under one-and-a-half miles] along each of its sides - north, south, east and west.

Ezekiel 48:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 48:16

And this shall be the measures thereof
Of the city: the north side four thousand and five hundred;
that is, measures or reeds: the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side
four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and
five hundred;
in all eighteen hundred measures or reeds, as in ( Ezekiel 48:35 ) which denotes the largeness of the Gospel church, especially in the latter day; when Jews and Gentiles will be converted, and multitudes, east, west, north and south, will be gathered to it; and as it is an equilateral square, this shows the perfection, firmness, stability, and duration of the church of Christ; so the holy city, the New Jerusalem, is for the same reasons said to be foursquare, ( Revelation 21:16 ) .

Ezekiel 48:16 In-Context

14 They may not sell, exchange or alienate any of this choice land; because it is holy, for ADONAI.

15 "'The 5,000 [cubits, that is, the one-and-a-half miles] that are left of the width is to be for the common use of the city, for housing and for open fields. The city will be inside it.

16 and will measure 4,500 cubits [just under one-and-a-half miles] along each of its sides - north, south, east and west.

17 The city is to have outside it a border of land 440 feet wide on each side - north, south, east and west.

18 A strip next to the holy offering extending three [miles] to the east and three to the west is to be left. This area by the holy offering is to be used to grow food for those serving the city.