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Boundaries for the Land

13 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Here[a] are the borders[b] you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.)[c] 14 You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers;[d] this land will be assigned as your inheritance.[e]

15 “This will be the border of the land:[f] On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad;

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:13 tc This translation follows the reading זֶה (zeh) instead of גֵּה (geh), a nonexistent word, as supported by the LXX.
  2. Ezekiel 47:13 tn Or “territory”; see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:715.
  3. Ezekiel 47:13 tc The grammar is awkward, though the presence of these words is supported by the versions. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:274) suggests that it is an explanatory gloss.sn One portion for Ephraim, the other for Manasseh (Gen 48:17-20).
  4. Ezekiel 47:14 sn Gen 15:9-21.
  5. Ezekiel 47:14 tn Heb “will fall to you as an inheritance.”
  6. Ezekiel 47:15 sn The measurements resemble those in Num 34:1-2.

The Boundaries of the Land

13 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “These are the boundaries(A) of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph.(B) 14 You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with uplifted hand to give it to your ancestors, this land will become your inheritance.(C)

15 “This is to be the boundary of the land:(D)

“On the north side it will run from the Mediterranean Sea(E) by the Hethlon road(F) past Lebo Hamath to Zedad,

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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.

14 And 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.

15 And 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;

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