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A portion; though not said how much, it is likely it was near fourfold to that of the city, sanctuary, or the priests and Levites.
For the prince; the king, or supreme ruler. One half of the prince’s portion lay on the west side of those three already set out; the other half lay on the east side thereof; so the portion of city, Levites, and priests lay in the middle of it.
Of the holy portion; of priests, and Levites, and sanctuary.
Before; it lay parallel, as broad as these three were broad, and so run on both sides in its breadth from north to south, and had its length as the other from east to west, as in this diagram.
The tribe of Judah’s portion from west to east.
The tribe of Benjamin’s portion from west to east.
Over against; what called now over against, or parallel, or by the side all along, is called before three times together. So now you have an exact square of 25,000 cubits laid out for God, the Levites, and city, which appears thus in the breadth:
10,000 for the priests. 10,000 for the Levites. 5,000 for the city.
And the length of each 25,000, that is, some twelve miles and half square.
And the prince’s portion embracing or bounding all at each end, as a guard and defence both of church and state, of religion and the civil rights, which may fairly be intimated by this assigning him his portion on each end of the other three.