And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
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Gill's Exposition
And the five and twenty thousand, of length, and ten thousand of breadth,.... This seems to be another portion of the land, distinct from the former, though of the same measure; see Eze 48:13,
shall…
Barnes' Notes
For a possession for twenty chambers - literally, “For a possession twenty chambers,” possibly twenty out of the thirty chambers in the outer court Eze 40:17, and assigned for their use during…
Adam Clarke
And the five and twenty thousand - See the plan, B.
Directions are here given for the dividing of the land after their return to it; and, God having warranted them to do it, would be an act of faith, and not of folly, thus to divide it before they had…
Cambridge Bible
Read: and five …, and ten … shall the Levites have. (The Keri is unnecessary).
for twenty chambers Probably with LXX.: for cities to dwell in. Cf. same words Num 35:2; Jos 14:4. In Eze 45:45…
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