Ezekiel 47:13-23 NIV

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 47:13

Thus saith the Lord God, this shall be the border ,.... Of the land of Israel, as described in the following verses; which being different from, and much larger, and more extensive, than it was in the times of Moses or Joshua, or than it was either before or after the captivity in Babylon, shows that this must be understood either of the land of Canaan, as it will be when possessed and inhabited by the Jews, upon their conversion in the latter day; or rather of the church of Christ, which is... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:15

And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side ,.... The description of the borders of the land begins on the north side; because the Gospel, and the interest of Christ, would be, as they now are, chiefly in the northern part of the world, before the latter day glory takes place, and from thence spread into the other parts of it: from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad ; the line of this border shall begin at the Mediterranean sea, commonly called the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:16

Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim ,.... The line of the northern border should be drawn on by Hamath, the same with Antiochia in Syria, since called Epiphania, as Jerom observes, from Antiochus Epiphanies; and go on by Berothah, a city of Hadadezer king of Zobah, 2 Samuel 8:8 , the same with the Barothena of Ptolemy F17 Geograph. l. 5. c. 19. , placed by him in Syria; and from thence the line would be carried on to Sibraim, a city in Arabia Deserta: which is between the border of Damascus... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:17

And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus ,.... Which was the furthermost part and end of the northern border, as fixed by Moses, Numbers 34:9 , and the north northward, and the border of Hamath ; if this is carrying on the border further, it seems to be another Hamath, distinct from the former, Ezekiel 47:16 , and this is the north side : of the land, and the description of the northern border of it, from the Mediterranean sea to Hazarenan. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:18

And the east side ye shall measure Hauran ,.... The line of the eastern border of the land shall begin at Hauran or Auranitis; see Ezekiel 47:16 , which lay to the south F19 Vid. Reland Palestina Illustrata, l. 1. c. 22. p. 107. of Damascus: and it follows, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea ; and so from Damascus, the metropolis of Syria; and likewise from Gilead, a mountain and country beyond Jordan; and also from that part of the land of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:19

And the south side southward from Tamar ,.... Not Jericho, as the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, called by this name from the palm trees which grew near it; according to Jerom, this is Palmyra, so called for the same reason; but it is rather Engedi, called Hazazontamar, 2 Chronicles 20:2 , the line of the southern border began here, and went on, even to the waters of strife in Kadesh ; to the waters of Meribah in Kadesh; so called, from the strivings of the children of Israel with the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:20

The west side also shall be the great sea from the border ,.... From the border of Egypt, and the river of it, to the Mediterranean sea, is the west side of the land, and the western border of it; hence the western point is often expressed in Scripture by the sea: till a man come over against Hamath ; Antioch in Syria; see Ezekiel 47:16 . this is the west side ; of the land, and of the western border of it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:21

So shall ye divide this land unto you ,.... As thus bounded, east, west, north, and south: according to the tribes of Israel ; See Gill on Ezekiel 47:13 . read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:21

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