Ezekiel 48:30

30 And these be the goings out of the city; from the north coast thou shalt mete five hundred and four thousand reeds (five hundred and four thousand rods). (And these be the goings out of the city; on the north side thou shalt measure four thousand five hundred cubits.)

Ezekiel 48:30 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 48:30

And these are the goings out of the city
The gates of it, as Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it, by which they went out of it, and into it; and also the sides of it. The Lord here returns to the city again, to give an account of its circumference and name: on the north side four thousand and five hundred measures;
the north side of the city measured so many measures; that is, reeds, as Jarchi explains it.

Ezekiel 48:30 In-Context

28 And on the term, (or the end,) of Gad, to the coast of the south into midday, [or south(ward)]; and the end shall be from Tamar till to the waters of against-saying of Kadesh, and the heritage against the great sea. (And from the border of Gad, on the south side toward the Negeb, the border shall be from Tamar unto the waters of strife at Kadesh/unto the waters of Meribah-by-Kadesh, and through the inheritance unto the Great Sea, that is, the Mediterranean Sea.)
29 This is the land which ye shall send into part to the lineages of Israel, and these be the partings of those, saith the Lord God. (This is the land which ye shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel, and these be their portions, saith the Lord God.)
30 And these be the goings out of the city; from the north coast thou shalt mete five hundred and four thousand reeds (five hundred and four thousand rods). (And these be the goings out of the city; on the north side thou shalt measure four thousand five hundred cubits.)
31 And gates of the city shall be (named) in all the lineages of Israel, three gates at the north; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. (And the city gates shall be named for all the tribes of Israel, three gates at the north; one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, one gate for Levi.)
32 And at the east coast, five hundred and four thousand reeds (five hundred and four thousand rods), and three gates; one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. (And on the east side, four thousand five hundred cubits, and three gates; one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, one gate for Dan.)
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