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and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/calvin/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Calvin's Commentaries">Calvin</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers">Ellicott</a> • <a href="/commentaries/expositors/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Expositor's Bible">Expositor's</a> • <a href="/commentaries/edt/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Expositor's Dictionary">Exp Dct</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gaebelein/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Gaebelein's Annotated Bible">Gaebelein</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gsb/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Geneva Study Bible">GSB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gill/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Gill's Bible Exposition">Gill</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gray/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Gray's Concise">Gray</a> • <a href="/commentaries/guzik/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Guzik Bible Commentary">Guzik</a> • <a href="/commentaries/haydock/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Haydock Catholic Bible Commentary">Haydock</a> • <a href="/commentaries/hastings/ezekiel/37-3.htm" title="Hastings Great Texts">Hastings</a> • <a href="/commentaries/homiletics/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Pulpit Homiletics">Homiletics</a> • <a href="/commentaries/jfb/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Jamieson-Fausset-Brown">JFB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/kad/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Keil and Delitzsch OT">KD</a> • <a href="/commentaries/kelly/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Kelly Commentary">Kelly</a> • <a href="/commentaries/king-en/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Kingcomments Bible Studies">King</a> • <a href="/commentaries/lange/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Lange Commentary">Lange</a> • <a href="/commentaries/maclaren/ezekiel/48.htm" title="MacLaren Expositions">MacLaren</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhc/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Matthew Henry Concise">MHC</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhcw/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Matthew Henry Full">MHCW</a> • <a href="/commentaries/parker/ezekiel/48.htm" title="The People's Bible by Joseph Parker">Parker</a> • <a href="/commentaries/poole/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Matthew Poole">Poole</a> • <a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Pulpit Commentary">Pulpit</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sermon/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Sermon Bible">Sermon</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sco/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Scofield Reference Notes">SCO</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ttb/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Through The Bible">TTB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/wes/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Wesley's Notes">WES</a> • <a href="#tsk" title="Treasury of Scripture Knowledge">TSK</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="comtype">EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)</div><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/ezekiel/48.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>48:1-35 Here is a description of the several portions of the land belonging to each tribe. In gospel times, behold all things are become new. Much is wrapped up in emblems and numbers. This method God has used to state mysterious truths in his word, not to be more clearly revealed till the proper time and season. But into the church of Christ, both in its state of warfare and triumph, there is free access by faith, from every side. Christ has opened the kingdom of heaven for all believers. Whoever will, may come, and take of the water of life, of the tree of life, freely. The Lord is there, in his church, to be nigh unto them in all they call upon him for. This is true of every real Christian; whatever soul has in it a living principle of grace, it may truly be said, The Lord is there. May we be found citizens of this holy city, and act agreeably to that character; and have the benefit of the Lord's presence with us, in life, in death, and for evermore.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/ezekiel/48.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>The goings out of the city - The gates described in <a href="/ezekiel/48-31.htm">Ezekiel 48:31</a>. "Measures" (reeds) concern the sides. Divide the verses thus: <a href="/ezekiel/48-30.htm">Ezekiel 48:30</a>. "And these are the goings out of the city. <a href="/ezekiel/48-31.htm">Ezekiel 48:31</a>. On the north side 4500 measures: and the gates of the city after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward etc." <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/ezekiel/48.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>31. gates—(Re 21:12, &c.). The twelve gates bear the names of the twelve tribes to imply that all are regarded as having an interest in it.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/ezekiel/48.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> No text from Poole on this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/ezekiel/48.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And at the east side four thousand and five hundred,.... Measures or reeds: this side was equal to the north, as the rest were to this; the whole city in its circumference making an equilateral square: <p>and three gates; which were as follow: <p>one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan; Joseph is here as having a gate, though he is not mentioned as having a portion; but his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who are here omitted; which made room for Levi's name to be inserted; and Dan, who had his portion first, is here placed in the middle, no order being observed; the whole being mystical and spiritual. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/ezekiel/48.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">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.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/ezekiel/48.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">32</span>. Of the three gates on the east side Benjamin’s was in the centre, Joseph’s to the north and Dan’s to the south.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Ezekiel 48:32<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/ezekiel/48.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>Size, Gates, and Name of the City<p>To complete the whole picture of the future land of Israel, what has been stated in <a href="/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/48-16.htm">Ezekiel 48:16</a> concerning the size of the holy city is still further expanded here. - <a href="/ezekiel/48-30.htm">Ezekiel 48:30</a>. And these are the outgoings of the city from the north side, four thousand and five hundred (rods) measurement. <a href="/ezekiel/48-31.htm">Ezekiel 48:31</a>. And the gates of the city according to the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates toward the north; the gate of Reuben one, the gate of Judah one, the gate of Levi one. E<a href="/zechariah/48-32.htm">Zechariah 48:32</a>. And on the east side four thousand five hundred (rods): and three gates; namely, the gate of Joseph one, the gate of Benjamin one, the gate of Dan one. E<a href="/zechariah/48-33.htm">Zechariah 48:33</a>. And to the south side, four thousand five hundred measurement: and three gates; the gate of Simeon one, the gate of Issachar one, the gate of Zebulon one. <a href="/ezekiel/48-34.htm">Ezekiel 48:34</a>. To the west side, four thousand five hundred - their gates three; the gate of Gad one, the gate of Asher one, the gate of Naphtali one. <a href="/ezekiel/48-35.htm">Ezekiel 48:35</a>. Round about, eighteen thousand (rods); and the name of the city: from henceforth Jehovah there. - The situation of the city of God within the terumah and its external dimensions have already been generally indicated in <a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/48-16.htm">Ezekiel 48:16</a>. Here the measurement of the several sides is specified with a notice of their gates, and this is preceded by the heading, "the outlets of the city." תּוצאת, the outgoings (not extensions, for the word never has this meaning) as the furthest extremities in which a city or a tract of land terminates; not outlets or gates, which are expressly distinguished from them, but outgoing sides; hence the definition of the extent or length of the several sides is appended immediately afterwards. The enumeration commences, as above in the case of the land, with the north side. Each side has three gates, so that the whole city has twelve, which bear the names of the twelve tribes, like the gates of the heavenly Jerusalem in <a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/21-12.htm">Revelation 21:12</a>, because it will be the city of the true people of God. Levi is included here, and consequently Ephraim and Manasseh are united in the one tribe of Joseph. The three sons of Leah commence the series with the northern gates. They also stand first in the blessing of Moses in <a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/33-6.htm">Deuteronomy 33:6-8</a> : the first-born in age, the first-born by virtue of the patriarchal blessing, and the one chosen by Jehovah for His own service in the place of the first-born. Then follow, for the eastern gates, the two sons of Rachel, according to their age (thus deviating from <a href="/deuteronomy/33-12.htm">Deuteronomy 33:12</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/33-13.htm">Deuteronomy 33:13</a>), and, along with them, the elder son of Rachel's maid; for the southern gates, the three other sons of Leah; and lastly, for the western gates, the three other sons of the maids. Being thus indicated by the names of its gates as the city of all Israel, the city itself receives a name, which exalts it into the city of God (Jehovah). But different explanations have been given of the words in <a href="/ezekiel/48-35.htm">Ezekiel 48:35</a> which refer to this name. The allusion in מיום and the meaning of שׁמּה are both disputed points. It is true that the latter literally means "thither;" but Ezekiel also uses it as synonymous with שׁם, "there," in <a href="/ezekiel/23-3.htm">Ezekiel 23:3</a> and <a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-29.htm">Ezekiel 32:29-30</a>, so that the assertion that שׁמּה never means "there" is incorrect. מיום, from day forward, equivalent to henceforward; but not henceforth and for ever, though this may be implied in the context. Whether מיום be taken in connection with the preceding words, "the name of the city will henceforward be," or with those which follow, the name of the city will be, "henceforward Jehovah there," makes no material difference so far as the thought is concerned, as the city can only bear the name from the time when Jehovah is שׁמּה, and can only bear it so long as Jehovah is שׁמּה. But so far as the question is concerned, whether שׁמּה signifies thither or there in this passage, Hvernick is of opinion, indeed, that the whole of Ezekiel's vision does not harmonize with the meaning "there," inasmuch as he separates temple and city, so that Jehovah does not properly dwell in Jerusalem, but, in the strictest an highest sense, in His sanctuary, and turns thence to Jerusalem with the fulness of His grace and love. But if Jehovah does not merely direct His love toward the city from afar off, but, as Hvernick still further says, turns it fully toward it, causes His good pleasure to rest upon it, then He also rules and is in the city with His love, so that it can bear the name "Jehovah thither (there)." In any case, the interpretation, "Jehovah will from henceforth proceed thither, to restore it, to make it a holy city" (Kliefoth), is untenable; for the name is not given to Jerusalem when lying waste, but to the city already restored and fully built, which Ezekiel sees in the spirit. He has therefore before this turned His favour once more to Jerusalem, which was laid waste; and the name יהוה שׁמּה, given to the new Jerusalem, can only affirm that henceforward it is to be a city of Jehovah, i.e., that from this time forth Jehovah will be and rule in her. The rendering "Jehovah thither" does not answer to this, but only the rendering, "Jehovah will be there." compare <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-14.htm">Isaiah 60:14</a>, where Jerusalem is called the city of Jehovah, Zion of the Holy One in Israel, because the glory of Jehovah has risen over her as a brilliant light. <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/ezekiel/48-32.htm">Ezekiel 48:32 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/48-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 48:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 48:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/48-33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 48:33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 48:33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>