Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

For the city

Bible References

A profane

Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests have violated my law by force and have profaned my holy things; they have made no difference between the holy and the profane, neither have they showed the difference between the unclean and the clean and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Ezekiel 42:20
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
Ezekiel 44:23
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane and teach them to discern between the clean and the unclean.
Ezekiel 45:6
And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and twenty-five thousand long, in front of that which was separated for the sanctuary; it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

For the city

Ezekiel 42:15
Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate facing toward the east and measured it round about.