The closing paragraph is devoted to a statement of the gates, dimensions, and name of the city.
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Ezekiel 48:30-35
The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 48:30-35
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Ezekiel 48:1-35Here is a description of the several portions of the land belonging to each tribe. In gospel times, behold all things are become new. Much is wrapped up in emblems and numbers. This method God has used to state mysterio…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Division of the Land. (b. c. 574.)THE DIVISION OF THE LAND. (B. C. 574.) We have here a very short and ready way taken for the dividing of the land among the twelve tribes, not so tedious and so far about as the way that was taken in Joshua's time; for…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 48:1-35EXPOSITION The closing chapter of the prophet's temple-vision treats more particularly of the distribution of the land among the several tribes (Ezekiel 48:1-29), and concludes with a statement concerning the gates, dim…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 48:30The goings out of the city. These were not, as Hitzig, Gesenius, Ewald, Schroder, and Currey have supposed, the city exits, or gates, which are afterwards referred to, but, as Kliefoth, Keil, Hengstenberg, and Smend sug…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Plan of the City. (b. c. 574.)THE PLAN OF THE CITY. (B. C. 574.) We have here a further account of the city that should be built for the metropolis of this glorious land, and to be the receptacle of those who would come from all parts to worship in…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 48:31The city gates. I. THE CITY GATES ARE FOR EGRESS. The citizens are not to remain always immured in their streets and houses. They are to go forth to the country—till their vineyards, lead their flocks over the hills, vi…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 48:31-34God the Accessible One. Admitting to the sacred city, in the midst of which, was " the sanctuary of the Lord" (Ezekiel 48:10), were twelve gates, three on each side of it, and bearing the names of the twelve tribes of I…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 48:31-34The gates of the city. These should be twelve in number, three on each side, and named after the twelve tribes (comp. Revelation 21:12). The gates leading northward should be those of Reuben, Judah, and Levi, all childr…Joseph S. Exell and contributors