“By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand reeds in width, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 8. Apart, for the Levitical tribe and the prince. Calmet.—As the first-born and things which spring first, so also the land consecrated to the Lord is called first-fruits. Worthington.—Thousand cubits (Calmet. 45:1 or 12,500 paces, ( Bible.) allowing two cubits for each. This would not reach to the Jordan River. But thrice that space must be reckoned, the king having two of them ( Calmet.) on each side of the temple, namely, towards the sea, and on the other side of the Jordan. Bible.