Ezekiel 47:16-18

16 1Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of 2Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.
17 "The boundary shall extend from the sea to 3Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, and on the north toward the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.
18 "The 4east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, 5Gilead and the land of Israel, shall be the 6Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

Ezekiel 47:16-18 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 6

  • 1. Numbers 13:21; Isaiah 10:9; Ezekiel 47:17, 20; Ezekiel 48:1; Zechariah 9:2
  • 2. Genesis 14:15; Ezekiel 47:17, 18; Ezekiel 48:1
  • 3. Numbers 34:9
  • 4. Numbers 34:10-12
  • 5. Genesis 37:25; Jeremiah 50:19
  • 6. Genesis 13:10, 11

Footnotes 2

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