Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 48:8

Albert Barnes Commentary

Ezekiel 48:8

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Ezekiel 48:8

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the oblation which ye shall offer, five and twenty thousand [reeds] in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it." — Ezekiel 48:8 (ASV)

“Length” is throughout measured from west to east, as breadth is from north to south.

The offering (Ezekiel 48:9–22), or, “oblation,” here includes all the land given to priests, Levites, city, and prince; the different parts being distinguished. All these together are to extend from west to east in the same way as the portions of the other tribes, the imaginary Jordan being the eastern boundary of all.