Of this a square plot of 500 by 500 cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits for an open space around it.
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 it.
Commenting on Ezekiel 45:1-8
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary,.... Or temple, the house before described in the preceding chapters: five hundred in length, and five hundred in breadth, square round about: that is, five hundred reeds square, as is manifest from Eze 42:16, and this denotes the largeness, perfection, and stability of the church of Christ, which the sanctuary was a type of: and fifty cubits...
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary - See the plan, A.