And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
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