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Ezekiel 47:22 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 47 · verse 22
And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.Ezekiel 47:22 · King James Version
Ezekiel 47:22 in context
20The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
22And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
23And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritancenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- strangersgêrproperly, a guestH1616 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- sojourngûwrproperly, to turn aside from the roadH1481 →
- dividenâphalto fall, in a great variety of applicationsH5307 →
- 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