Ezek. xlii. 7, 10. Vulgat. וגדר אשר לחוץPERIBOLUS. Ezekiel makes use of this Term, to signify a Wall of the Court of the Priests, which was Fifty Cubits long, and was the whole Length of the Apartments that surrounded this Court. Peribolus properly signifies an Enclosure, and comes from the Greek, Periballo, to surround. The Hebrew calls it Geder, which signifies a Partition-Wall.
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