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Ezekiel 47:13 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 47 · verse 13
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.Ezekiel 47:13 · King James Version
Ezekiel 47:13 in context
11But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
12And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
13Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
14And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritnâchalto inherit mode of descent), or to occupyH5157 →
- bordergᵉbûwlproperly, a cordH1366 →
- twelveshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
- twelveʻâsârtenH6240 →
- tribesshêbeṭa scionH7626 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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We are now to pass from the affairs of the sanctuary to those of the state, from the city to the country. 1. The Land of Canaan is here secured to them for an inheritance (Eze 47:14): I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers, that is, promised it upon oath to them and their posterity.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-23