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Ezekiel 46:18

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The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

KJV

Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

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This verse in Ezekiel 46

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Perhaps it will be restored under Messiah's coming reign. Compare Isa 61:2, 3, where "the acceptable year of the Lord" is closely connected with the comforting of the mourners in Zion, and "the day of vengeance" on Zion's foes. The mention of the prince's sons is another argument against Messiah being meant by "the prince."

This site's exposition

If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons

on Ezekiel 46:16-18

The prince's land follows different rules for different gifts: what he gives his sons stays theirs by inheritance, but what he gives a servant reverts to him at the year of liberty, keeping the crown's own estate from leaking away into other households. The chapter's closing line states the point outright, that my people be not scattered every man from his possession, the same guard against royal land-grabbing that chapter 45 already named. Gill reads the whole passage as the vision correcting the very abuse Ahab committed against Naboth, a prince who can no longer simply take what he wants.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 18) And the prince shall not take the inheritance of the people by violence, and from their possession: but out of his own possession he shall give an inheritance to his sons: that my people may not be scattered each one from his possession.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about. 24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

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Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession,....

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְלֹא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יִקַּ֨חhe will take away

    yikachH3947 →966 times

  • הַנָּשִׂ֜יאthe prince

    hanasi'H5387 →134 times

  • מִנַּחֲלַ֣תany of [the] inheritance of

    minachalatH5159 →222 times

  • הָעָ֗םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • לְהֽוֹנֹתָם֙to oppress them

    lehonotamH3238 →20 times

  • מֵאֲחֻזָּתָ֔םfrom possession their

    meachuzatamH272 →66 times

  • מֵאֲחֻזָּת֖וֹsome of own possession his

    meachuzatoH272 →66 times

  • יַנְחִ֣לhe will cause to inherit

    yanchilH5157 →59 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בָּנָ֑יוsons his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • לְמַ֙עַן֙so that

    lemaanH4616 →272 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יָפֻ֣צוּthey will be scattered

    yafutzuH6327 →67 times

  • עַמִּ֔יpeople my

    ʾamiH5971 →1873 times

  • אִ֖ישׁanyone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • מֵאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃from possession his

    meachuzatoH272 →66 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 21:3But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”7 worksEzekiel 45:8This land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.6 works1 Samuel 8:14He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.6 worksEzekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.4 works1 Kings 21:19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”4 worksJohn 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Micah 2:1–2Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.3 worksEphesians 4:8This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”3 worksMicah 1:1–2This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:3 worksPsalms 78:72So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.3 worksEzekiel 34:21Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,3 worksEzekiel 34:3–6You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.3 worksIsaiah 11:3–4And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,3 worksPsalms 72:2–4May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.3 worksJeremiah 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.3 worksIsaiah 32:1–2Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.3 works1 Samuel 8:9Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”3 worksMicah 3:1–3Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    John 10:28

    I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

    it leads to

    • John 6:39–40

      And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.

    • John 6:37

      Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

    • John 3:15–16

      that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

    • Hebrews 7:25

      Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

    • Romans 8:29

      For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

  • Through

    1 Kings 21:19

    Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 22:38

      And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 22:27

    Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 22:13

      Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 45:8

    This land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 11:3–5

      And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Ezekiel, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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