King James Version
Ezekiel 48:30 in the King James Version says “And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.”
Ezekiel 48:30 · KJV
And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. strife: or, Meribahkadesh
This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And these are the goings out”
H8444(only in plural collective) exit, i.e., (geographical) boundary, or (figuratively) deliverance, (actively) source
“of the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“side”
H6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity
“on the north”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“measures”
H4060properly, extension, i.e., height or breadth; specifically, tribute (as measured)
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