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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 47:17

And the north ... - Or, “and on the north, the border on the north shall be” etc. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 47:14

Ezekiel 47:14. And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another Namely, the ten tribes which are scattered abroad as well as Judah and Benjamin. These two tribes, together with some of the families of the tribe of Levi, made up the principal part of those who returned from the Babylonish captivity; by which it appears, that this prophecy has not yet been fulfilled, but relates to the general restoration of the Jews and Israelites, an event often foretold in the prophecies of the Old... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 47:15-17

Ezekiel 47:15-17. This shall be the border toward the north The northern border of the land was to begin from the west point, on which side lay the Mediterranean sea, and to go on northward toward Hethlon, a place between Tyre and Damascus, and so forward to Zedad, mentioned Numbers 34:8, Hamath, and other places here mentioned in these verses. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-23

Boundaries of the land (47:13-23)In restored Israel the land was to be divided equally among the nation’s twelve tribes. Levi had no tribal allotment, but Joseph, who received the firstborn’s blessing, had two, Ephraim and Manasseh (13-14; cf. Genesis 48:5; 1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Chronicles 5:1).The overall boundaries of the land are given. The northern boundary went from a point near Tyre on the coast to the Jordan headwaters. The eastern boundary followed the Jordan to the southern end of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 47:14

to give it , &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 12:7 ; Genesis 12:17 , Genesis 12:8 ; Genesis 26:3 ; Genesis 28:13 ; Genesis 50:24 ). App-92 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 47:17

Ezekiel 47:17. And the north, northward, &c.— And Zaphon to the north, and Hamath the border. Houbigant. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 47:16

16. Hamath—As Israel was a separate people, so their land was a separate land. On no scene could the sacred history have been so well transacted as on it. On the east was the sandy desert. On the north and south, mountains. On the west, an inhospitable sea-shore. But it was not always to be a separate land. Between the parallel ranges of Lebanon is the long valley of El-Bekaa, leading to "the entering in of Hamath" on the Orontes, in the Syrian frontier. Roman roads, and the harbor made at... read more

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