Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 48:17
And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
17. The “suburbs” or free space round the city shall be 250 cubits on all the four sides. Adding the 250 on the N. and on the S. of the city to the 4500 it appears that the whole breadth of the 5000 assigned to the city was occupied by it and its suburbs from N. to S.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The city being 4500 reeds square, 250 reeds are marked off north, south, east, west from the city land.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Here are the dimensions of the suburbs, which added to those of the city thus, two hundred and fifty added to the four thousand five hundred on the north side, and two hundred and fifty added to the four thousand five hundred on the south side, make five thousand; so on the east add two hundred and fifty to four thousand five hundred, and then add two hundred and fifty to the four thousand five hundred on the west, it makes up an equilateral square five thousand on each side.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty,…. That is, so many reeds: and
toward the south two hundred and fifty; which make five hundred; and these being added to four thousand five hundred, north and south, make five thousand:
and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty; which being added to four thousand five hundred, east and west, make five thousand; and so an equilateral square on each side, length and breadth.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 48:17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
Ver. 17. And the suburbs of the city. ] These were much larger than the suburbs of the temple, as may be observed by comparing Eze.
40. See Eze 45:2 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Eze 48:15 – for the city Rev 21:16 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 48:17, These suburbs consisted of open border that was about 400 feet wide, and it extended all round the other district described in the preceding verse.