And alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an allotment 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in breadth. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the breadth 20,000.
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