Ezekiel 48:7

7 "Beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, ¹Judah, one portion.

Ezekiel 48:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 48:7

And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west
side, a portion for Judah.
] Such who "confess" the Lord before men, and "praise" his name for all blessings, temporal and spiritual, they receive from him: these seven tribes already mentioned, as they lay contiguous to each other, and had portions and inheritances alike assigned to them; so they were all of them to the north of the sanctuary and city after mentioned.

Ezekiel 48:7 In-Context

5 "Beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion.

6 "Beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, Reuben, one portion.

7 "Beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one portion.

8 "And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the allotment which you shall set apart, 25,000 cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.

9 "The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 15:1-63; Joshua 19:9