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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 47:13

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 47:13

Joseph shall have two portions - That is, In Ephraim and Manasseh, his two sons, who each had a separate inheritance. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13

Thus saith the Lord . The usual formula introducing a new Divine enactment (comp. Ezekiel 43:18 ; Ezekiel 44:9 ; Ezekiel 45:9 , Ezekiel 45:18 ; Ezekiel 46:1 , Ezekiel 46:16 ). This. גֵה is obviously a copyist's error for זֶה , which the LXX ; the Vulgate, and the Targum have substituted for it; the change seems demanded by the complete untranslatability of גֵה , and by the fact that וְזֶה גְּבוּל recurs in Ezekiel 47:15 . T he border, whereby ye shall inherit... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13

Joseph's double portion. When the land was divided the tribes did not all share alike. Some had larger territories than others, and the descendants of Joseph had two tribal portions, being divided into two tribes—Ephraim and Manasseh. I. THE BLESSINGS OF THE FATHER DESCEND TO THE CHILDREN . Joseph had proved himself the best as well as the greatest of the sons of Jacob. He had returned good for evil to his cruel, murderous brothers, and had been the means of bringing... 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

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