Eze 48:1
48:1 Now these [are] the names of the {a} tribes.  From the
     north end to the border of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth
     to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to
     the border of Hamath; for these are his sides east [and]
     west; a [portion for] Dan.

     (a) The tribes after they entered into the land under
         Joshua divided the land somewhat otherwise then is here
         set forth by this vision.

Eze 48:8
48:8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west
     side, {b} shall be the offering which ye shall offer of
     five and twenty thousand [reeds in] breadth, and [in]
     length as one of the [other] parts, from the east side to
     the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of
     it.

     (b) That is, the portion of the ground which they will
         separate and appoint to the Lord which will be divided
         into three parts for the priests for the prince and for
         the city.

Eze 48:16
48:16 And these [shall be] the measures of it; the north side
      (c) four thousand and five hundred, and 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.

      (c) Meaning that it would be square.

Eze 48:20
48:20 All the oblation [shall be] five and twenty thousand by
      {d} five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy
      oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.

      (d) Every way it will be five and twenty thousand.

Eze 48:22
48:22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the
      possession of the city, [being] in the midst [of that]
      which is the prince's, between the border {e} of Judah and
      the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.

      (e) So that Judah was on the north side of the princes and
          Levites portions and Benjamin on the south side.

Eze 48:28
48:28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the
      {f} border shall be even from {g} Tamar [to] the waters of
      strife [in] Kadesh, [and] to the {h} river toward the
      great sea.

      (f) Which is here taken for Idumea.
      (g) Which was Jericho the city of palm trees.
      (h) Meaning, the Nile that runs into the sea called the
          Mediterranean.

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