The whole portion that you shall set apart shall be 25,000 cubits square, that is, the holy portion together with the property of the city.
And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion. In like manner, next to Issachar's inheritance, and bordering on it, shall be Zebulun's; who shall be no more a haven for ships, having a different situation and allotment; and may describe such Christians as dwell in Christ, and he in them.
All the oblation [shall be] five and twenty thousand by 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.
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