Ezekiel 48:21

"All the offering shall be a square of twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand. You shall offer it as a holy offering, with the possession of the city."

Key Reflection

The verse Ezekiel 48:21 describes a vast square area designated for offerings and the city's possession, measuring twenty-five thousand cubits on each side. This enormous square underscores the sacred and significant nature of the land, intended as both an offering to God and the territory for the city. The cultural context reflects the importance placed on spatial sanctity in ancient Israelite society, where physical space often mirrored spiritual and communal values.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Or, “And the residue shall be for the prince - on the one side and on the other side of the holy oblation and of the possession of the city over against the 25,000 of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the 25,000 toward the west border, over against the portions (of Judah and Benjamin, between which the oblation was included), shall be “for the prince; and it shall be that the holy oblation and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.” This exactly describes the position of the prince’s allotments on the borders of the “oblations.”

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