Ezekiel 47:18-23

18 "The 1east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, 2Gilead and the land of Israel, shall be the 3Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.
19 "The 4south side toward the south shall extend from 5Tamar as far as the waters of 6Meribath-kadesh *, to the 7brook of Egypt and to the 8Great Sea. This is the south side toward the south.
20 "The 9west side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite 10Lebo-hamath. This is the west side.
21 "So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.
22 "You shall divide it by 11lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the 12aliens who stay in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel; they shall be allotted an 13inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
23 "And in the tribe with which the alien stays, there you shall give him his inheritance," declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 47:18-23 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.

Cross References 13

  • 1. Numbers 34:10-12
  • 2. Genesis 37:25; Jeremiah 50:19
  • 3. Genesis 13:10, 11
  • 4. Numbers 34:3-5
  • 5. Ezekiel 48:28
  • 6. Deuteronomy 32:51
  • 7. Numbers 34:5; 1 Kings 8:65; Isaiah 27:12
  • 8. Ezekiel 47:10, 15
  • 9. Numbers 34:6
  • 10. Judges 3:3; 2 Chronicles 7:8; Ezekiel 48:1; Amos 6:14
  • 11. Numbers 26:55, 56
  • 12. Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 56:6, 7
  • 13. Acts 11:18; Acts 15:9; Ephesians 2:12-14; Ephesians 3:6; Colossians 3:11

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "entrance of Hamath"
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