Ezekiel 47:13-23

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Borders of the Land

¹³This is what the Lord God says: “This is^[a] the border you will use to divide the land^(A) as an inheritance for the 12 tribes of Israel. Joseph will receive two shares.^(B) ¹⁴You will inherit it in equal portions, since I swore^[b] to give it to your ancestors.^(C) So this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

¹⁵“This is to be the border of the land:

On the north side^(D) it will extend from the Mediterranean Sea by way of Hethlon and Lebo-hamath to Zedad,^[c] ¹⁶Berothah, and Sibraim (which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. ¹⁷So the border will run from the sea to Hazar-enon at the border^(E) of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern side.

¹⁸On the east side it will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel; you will measure from the northern border to the eastern sea.^[d] This will be the eastern side.

¹⁹On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh,^[e] and on to the Brook of Egypt^(F) as far as the Mediterranean Sea.^(G) This will be the southern side.

²⁰On the west side the Mediterranean Sea will be the border, from the southern border up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western side.

²¹“You are to divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.^(H) ²²You will allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners living among you,^(I) who have fathered children among you. You will treat them^[f] like native-born Israelites; along with you, they will be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. ²³In whatever tribe the foreigner lives, you will assign his inheritance there.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.