1;  The portion of land for the sanctuary;
  6;  for the city;
  7;  and for the prince.
  9;  Ordinances for the prince.

 * shall divide by lot.  Heb. cause the land to fall by lot.
  47:21  48:29  Nu 34:13  Jos 13:6  14:2  Ps 16:5,6 
 * ye shall offer.
  2-7  48:8-23  Le 25:23  Pr 3:9 
 * an holy portion.  Heb. holiness.
  Zec 14:20,21 
 * the length.
   That our translators rightly added the word reeds, is evident
   from the length and breadth of the sanctuary being exactly the
   same as before, (comp. ver. 2, with ch. 42:16-19.)  Estimating
   the reed at 3芟yards, this holy oblation would constitute a
   square of nearly fifty miles on every side.  From the north
   side a portion of nearly twenty miles in width, and nearly
   fifty in length, was appointed for the priests; and in the
   midst of this portion, the area of the sanctuary, about a mile
   square, to be enclosed by a wall, (ver. 1, 2.)  Next to this,
   on the south, was the Levites' portion, of the same dimensions
   as that of the priests', (ver. 5;) and south of this was the
   portion for the city, of the same length as those of the
   priests and Levites, but only half the width, (ver. 6.)  These
   three formed the square of 25,000; reeds, or nearly fifty
   miles; and that set apart for the prince, the breadth of which
   is not mentioned, extended in length from north to south,
   along the east and west sides of the square.  As Canaan would
   not admit of so large a portion for the sanctuary, etc., this
   was no doubt intended to intimate the large extent of the
   church in the glorious times predicted.