Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 48:15

15 And the five thousand that are le[illegible: 1 letter]t 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 .

Or running along by the side.

Assign'd to the Levites.

A common, not consecrated place, in which the City should be built, a place for all Services, as men shall need, now as that is counted holy, which is set apart onely for the service of God, so that common or profane, that is for common uses.

Houses within the Walls.

Streets, and Dwellings, or Gardens without the Wall.

Ierusalem.

Of this common place, which is call'd here profane; so that ten thousand are left at each end.