The remaining area on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city will belong to the prince. He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, extending eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the holy district toward the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. And in the center of them will be the holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple.
The description runs from north to south across the whole land, beginning at the sanctuary and the city and the prince's portion, and ending at the southern border, from Tamar to the waters of Strife in Kadesh, and to the great sea.
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The prince's portion lay alongside the Levites', twenty-five thousand cubits in length from east to west and twelve thousand five hundred in breadth from north to south, flanked equally by Judah to the north and Benjamin to the south.
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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.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 48:1-29