Ezekiel 47:13-23

Modern English Version

The Borders of the Land

¹³ Thus says the Lord God: This shall be the border by which you shall divide the land for an inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions. ¹⁴ You shall divide it for an inheritance, one as equally as another. For I lifted up My hand to give it to your fathers, and this land shall fall to you for inheritance.

¹⁵ This shall be the border of the land on the north: from the Mediterranean Sea by the way of Hethlon as men go to Zedad, ¹⁶ Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim (which lies between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), to Hazar Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. ¹⁷ The border from the sea shall be Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

¹⁸ The east side, from Hauran and from Damascus and from Gilead and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan. You shall measure from the northern border to the eastern sea. And this is the east side.

¹⁹ The south side, toward the Negev, shall run from Tamar even to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, from there along the brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. This shall be the south side, toward the Negev.

²⁰ The west side also shall be the Mediterranean Sea from the southern border to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This is the west side.

²¹ So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel. ²² It shall come to pass that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the aliens who sojourn among you, who shall bear sons among you. And they shall be to you as born in the country among the sons of Israel. They shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. ²³ It shall come to pass that in whatever tribe the alien sojourns, there you shall give him his inheritance, says the Lord God.