Ezekiel 47:13-23

13 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "This [is] the boundary [by] which you shall distribute the land for {the twelve} tribes of Israel: Two shares [shall be for] Joseph.

14 And you must take possession of it, each [one] [a share] like his brother, [of this land] which {I swore} to give it to your fathers, and [so] this land shall fall to you as an inheritance.

15 And this [is] the boundary of the land: {On the north side}, from the great sea [by] the way of Hethlon {until you come to Zedad},

16 Hamath [to] Berothath [to] Sibraim, which [is] between the boundary of Damascus and the boundary of Hamath, [on to] Hazer Hatticon, which [is] on the boundary of Hauran.

17 And [so] [the] boundary will be from the sea to Hazar Enan [at] the boundary of Damascus northwards and the boundary of Hamath [to the north], and this [is the boundary on the] side of [the] north.

18 {And the eastern boundary} [will be] between Hauran and Damascus, and from between Gilead and the land of Israel [along] the Jordan [River] from [the] boundary on the eastern sea to Tamar. And {this is the border on the east}.

19 {And on the south side the border} [will run] from Tamar up to the waters [of] Meribot Kadesh [and along] the wadi to the Great Sea. And this [is] {the boundary to the south}.

20 {And on the west side} the Great Sea [shall be] the boundary up to opposite Lebo-Hamath. {This is the western boundary}.

21 You shall divide this land for yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.

22 And then you shall allocate it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens dwelling as aliens in the midst of you who have children in the midst of you, and [so] they shall be to you [just] like full citizens among the {Israelites}. With you they shall be allotted with an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.

23 And then in the tribe [in] which an alien who is with you dwells, there you shall give his inheritance," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

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Ezekiel 47:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 47

This chapter gives an account of the vision of the holy waters, and of the borders of the holy land, and the division of it to Israelites and strangers. The waters are described by the original and spring of them, Eze 47:1,2, by the progress and increase of them, Eze 47:3-5, by the healing and quickening nature of them, and the places where they were so, and were not, Eze 47:8-11, and by the trees which grew upon the banks of them, Eze 47:6,7,12. The borders of the holy land are fixed, Eze 47:13,14, the northern border, Eze 47:15-17, the eastern border, Eze 47:18, the southern, Eze 47:19, and the western, Eze 47:20, which is to be divided by lot to the tribes of Israel, and the strangers that sojourn among them, Eze 47:21-23.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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[a]. Literally "two ten"
[b]. Literally "I raised my hand"
[c]. Or "Bow"
[d]. Literally "to the side of [the] north"
[e]. Literally "to the arriving at Zedad"
[f]. Or "Lebo-Hamath to Zeded" (cf. NRSV, NJPS)
[g]. Or "are"
[h]. That is, the Mediterranean
[i]. Literally "and [the] side of [the] east"
[j]. Or "to"
[k]. Or "Now"
[l]. Literally "and this [is the] side of [the] east"
[m]. Literally "and the side of the south [to] south"
[n]. That is, the Wadi of Egypt
[o]. That is, the Mediterranean
[p]. Literally "and this [is] the side of south [to] the south"
[q]. Literally "and the side of the west"
[r]. That is, the Mediterranean
[s]. Literally "this [is the] side of [the] west"
[t]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
[u]. Literally "declaration of"

Ezekiel 47:13-23

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Ezekiel 47:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 47

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