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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-22

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 (Ezek. 47:14): I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers, that is, promised it upon oath to them and their posterity. Though the possession had been a great while discontinued, yet God had not forgotten his oath which he swore to their fathers. Though God's providences may for a time seem to contradict his promises,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:14

And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another ,.... That is, the twelve tribes shall equally inherit it; one tribe shall not have more, and another less, but each alike: this was not the case, at the division of the land, in the times of Moses and Joshua; for to such tribes as were very numerous a greater inheritance was given; and to those that were fewer in number a lesser inheritance, Numbers 26:54 , and upon the return from the Babylonish captivity, as the tribes of Judah and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-14

(with Ezekiel 44:28 ) The threefold inheritance. "Ye shall divide the land for inheritance;" " Ye shall inherit it, one as well as another;" " I am their Inheritance … I am their Possession." These passages speak of two kinds of inheritance, and there is a third which remained to be revealed, and still remains to be possessed. I. THE MATERIAL INHERITANCE . According to the prophetic vision the land of Israel was to be fairly divided among the different tribes. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-21

The inheritance of the children. The prophet was locking forward to the restoration of his fellow-countrymen to the land given by God to their fathers. The temple and all that concerns its services and ministrations having been described, Ezekiel naturally turns in the next place to picture the repossessed and apportioned inheritances. There are difficulties in interpreting this passage relating to the territories given to the several tribes; but there can be no doubt that the prophet... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-23

The boundaries of the land, and the manner of its division. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-23

Canaan a type of heaven. To the Jews exiled in Chaldea restoration to Palestine seemed a lesser heaven. To regain their land, their ancestral estates, their temple, their priesthood, was the goal of present ambition, was a steppingstone to yet higher good. The prophetic pictures of Ezekiel were designed to tempt their thoughts to loftier soarings. A better thing than Canaan was in store for them, but as yet they could not appreciate it, therefore could not perceive it. So, by slow and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:14

Ye shall inherit it, one as well as another ; literally, a man as his brother— the customary Hebrew phrase for "equally" (see, however, 2 Samuel 11:25 ). The equal participants were to be tribes, not the families, as in the Mosaic distribution ( Numbers 33:54 ). Had the earlier principle of allotment been indicated as that to be followed in the future, it would not have been possible to give the tribes equal portions, as some tribes would certainly have a larger number of families than... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 47:14

As well as - Or, as. Ezekiel is speaking of “tribes,” not “individuals.” Each tribe is to have an equal “breadth” of land assigned to it. 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

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