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Ezekiel 48:32

in Ezekiel 48

On the east side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And at the east side four thousand and five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.

KJV

And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

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This verse in Ezekiel 48

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Simeon here is not divided in Jacob, nor is Zebulun a haven of ships, a plain intimation that it is not so much to be understood literally as spiritually, though the mystery of it is very much hidden from us. In gospel times old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

This site's exposition

the gate of Joseph

The east side names Joseph, Benjamin and Dan. Joseph stands as one name here rather than split into Ephraim and Manasseh, since the gate list needs the traditional twelve names. Dan, placed first in the land allotment at the northern extreme, closes the eastern gate list.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 30 and following) And you shall measure five thousand four hundred cubits outside the city on the northern side. And the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel: three gates on the north side. The gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. And on the eastern side, you shall measure five thousand four hundred cubits, and there shall be three gates. The gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.

A commentator

Tertullian

Against Marcion, Book III, Chapter 25 · Written before 220.

proposed

But we do confess that a kingdom is promised to us upon the earth, although before heaven, only in another state of existence; inasmuch as it will be after the resurrection for a thousand years in the divinely-built city of Jerusalem, "let down from heaven," [Revelation 21:2] which the apostle also calls "our mother from above;" [Galatians 4:26] and, while declaring that our πολίτευμα, or citizenship, is in heaven, he predicates of it that it is really a city in heaven. This both Ezekiel had knowledge of [Ezekiel 48:30-35] and the Apostle John beheld. [Revelation 21:10-23] And the word of the new prophecy which is a part of our belief, attests how it foretold that there would be for a sign a picture of this very city exhibited to view previous to its manifestation. This prophecy, indeed, has been very lately fulfilled in an expedition to the East. For it is evident from the testimony of even heathen witnesses, that in Judæa there was suspended in the sky a city early every morning for forty days. As the day advanced, the entire figure of its walls would wane gradually, and sometimes it would vanish instantly. We say that this city has been provided by God for receiving the saints on their resurrection, and refreshing them with the abundance of all really spiritual blessings, as a recompense for those which in the world we have either despised or lost; since it is both just and God-worthy that His servants should have their joy in the place where they have also suffered affliction for His name's sake. Of the heavenly kingdom this is the process. […]

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And at the east side four thousand and five hundred,....

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • פְּאַ֣ת[the] side of

    peatH6285 →86 times

  • קָדִ֗ימָהeast -ward

    kadimahH6921 →69 times

  • חֲמֵ֤שׁ[will be] five

    chameshH2568 →343 times

  • מֵאוֹת֙hundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • וְאַרְבַּ֣עַתand four

    vearbaatH702 →318 times

  • אֲלָפִ֔יםthousand [cubits]

    ʾalafimH505 →505 times

  • וּשְׁעָרִ֖יםand gates

    ushearimH8179 →374 times

  • שְׁלֹשָׁ֑הthree

    sheloshahH7969 →432 times

  • וְשַׁ֨עַרand [the] gate of

    veshaarH8179 →374 times

  • יוֹסֵ֜ףJoseph

    yosefH3130 →213 times

  • אֶחָ֗דone

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

  • שַׁ֤עַר[the] gate of

    shaarH8179 →374 times

  • בִּנְיָמִן֙Benjamin

    binyaminH1144 →166 times

  • אֶחָ֔דone

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

  • שַׁ֥עַר[the] gate of

    shaarH8179 →374 times

  • דָּ֖ןDan

    danH1835 →70 times

  • אֶחָֽד׃one

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read Ezekiel 48 →

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Tertullian, Against Marcion, Book III, Chapter 25.

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