And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
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