On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
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Gill's Exposition
On the east three gates,.... On which were written the names of Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan:
on the north three gates; on which were written the names of Reuben, Judah, and Levi:
on the south three…
Barnes' Notes
On the east three gates ... - The city was square Rev 21:16, and the same number of gates is assigned to each quarter. There does not appear to be any special significancy in this fact, unless it be…
Adam Clarke
On the east three gates - The city is here represented as standing to the four cardinal points of heaven, and presenting one side to each of these points.
We have already considered the introduction to the vision of the new Jerusalem in a more general idea of the heavenly state; we now come to the vision itself, where observe,
I. The person that opened…
Cambridge Bible
east … north … south … west The order of enumeration in Numbers is E. S. W. N., in Ezekiel N. E. S. W. in Enoch N. W. S. E., as in each of them the surveyor goes round methodically in order: in this…