35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
35 It was round about H5439 eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505 measures: and the name H8034 of the city H5892 from that day H3117 shall be, The LORD is there. H3074
35 It shall be eighteen thousand `reeds' round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there.
35 Round about `is' eighteen thousand, and the renown of the city `is' from the day Jehovah `is' there.'
35 Round about it was eighteen thousand [cubits]; and the name of the city from that day, Jehovah is there.
35 It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.
35 It is to be eighteen thousand all round: and the name of the town from that day will be, The Lord is there.
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Commentary on Ezekiel 48 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 48
In this chapter we have particular directions given for the distribution of the land, of which we had the metes and bounds assigned in the foregoing chapter.
Eze 48:1-30
We have here a very short and ready way taken for the dividing of the land among the twelve tribes, not so tedious and so far about as the way that was taken in Joshua's time; for in the distribution of spiritual and heavenly blessings there is not that danger of murmuring and quarrelling that there is in the participation of the temporal blessings. When God gave to the labourers every one his penny those that were uneasy at it were soon put to silence with, May I not do what I will with my own? And such is the equal distribution here among the tribes. In this distribution of the land we may observe,
Eze 48:31-35
We have here a further account of the city that should be built for the metropolis of this glorious land, and to be the receptacle of those who would come from all parts to worship in the sanctuary adjoining. It is nowhere called Jerusalem, nor is the land which we have had such a particular account of the dividing of any where called the land of Canaan; for the old names are forgotten, to intimate that the old things are done away, behold all things have become new. Now, concerning this city, observe here,