Ezekiel 48:35

"“At the west side four thousand five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one."

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The circuit of the city walls, a square of 4500 reeds, was 18,000 reeds, not quite 37 English miles. The circuit of Jerusalem in the time of Josephus was reckoned by him to be about four miles. The name ... -The manner of expressing a spiritual meaning by giving a name to a city, a people, or the like, is familiar to the prophets (seeEzekiel 43:15note).

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