Bordering the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. The whole length will be 25,000 cubits, and the width 10,000 cubits.
The suburbs extend two hundred fifty reeds on each side, north, south, east, west, which when added to four thousand five hundred make five thousand on every side. This forms an equilateral square, perfect and orderly, as befits the habitation of the Lord's people.
AI summary
The division begins in the north and proceeds southward through the tribes in order, with the sanctuary, priesthood, Levites, city, and prince's land fixed at the center, and the remaining five tribes distributed from that point to the southern boundary.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 48:1-29