Ezekiel 47:15
in Ezekiel 47This shall be the boundary of the land:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And this shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, unto the entrance of Zedad;
KJV
And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
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This verse in Ezekiel 47
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The borders of the land follow closely Num. 34, where they begin from the south, as the people came up from Egypt; in Ezekiel, they begin from the north, as they might return from Babylon. The occupation is ideal, but is grounded, as usual, on an actual state of things. The border of the land toward the north - Names of places in the actual northern border are given (marginal references) not to mark exact geographical position, but to show that the original promise will be fulfilled.
This site's exposition
This shall be the boundary of the land
on Ezekiel 47:15-20
On the north the border runs “from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad”. It runs east “along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel”. Keil notes that the line is drawn wider than the land Israel ever held under David or Solomon.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Versed. 15 seqq.) This is the end of the land on the northern side, from the great sea, for those coming from Ethalon, Sadada, Emath, Berotha, Sabarim, which is between the middle of Damascus and the border of Emath: the courtyard of Thicon (Vulg. house of Atthicon), which is near the borders of Auran (or Auranitis). And the boundary will be from the sea to the courtyard of Enon (or Seraranan), the boundary of Damascus, and from the North to the North the boundary of Emath on the northern side (Vulg. and the boundary of Emath; on the northern side).
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad - Probably Hethlon is the same as Cuthlon, a city of Syria, between Antioch and Laodicea, according to Antoninus. Some of these places are not known; but see the same kind of division, Num 34:7-12.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזֶ֖ה | vezeh | and this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| גְּב֣וּל | gevul | [is] [the] boundary of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לִפְאַ֨ת | lifat | to [the] side of | H6285 → | 86 times |
| צָפ֜וֹנָה | tzafonah | north -ward | H6828 → | 153 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַיָּ֧ם | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| הַגָּד֛וֹל | hagadol | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| הַדֶּ֥רֶךְ | haderekh | the direction of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| חֶתְלֹ֖ן | chetlon | Hethlon | H2855 → | |
| לְב֥וֹא | levo' | Lebo | H935 → | 2568 times |
| צְדָֽדָה׃ | tzedadah | Zedad towards | H6657 → |
וְזֶ֖הand this
vezehH2088 →1180 times
גְּב֣וּל[is] [the] boundary of
gevulH1366 →240 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
לִפְאַ֨תto [the] side of
lifatH6285 →86 times
צָפ֜וֹנָהnorth -ward
tzafonahH6828 →153 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַיָּ֧םthe sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
הַגָּד֛וֹל<the> great
hagadolH1419 →526 times
הַדֶּ֥רֶךְthe direction of
haderekhH1870 →707 times
חֶתְלֹ֖ןHethlon
chetlonH2855 →
לְב֥וֹאLebo
levo'H935 →2568 times
צְדָֽדָה׃Zedad towards
tzedadahH6657 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Numbers 34:8and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
it leads to
- Numbers 13:21
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
- 2 Kings 14:25
This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of…
- Ezekiel 47:15–20
This shall be the boundary of the land:
- Numbers 13:21
Through
Ezekiel 48:1“Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 47:15–17
This shall be the boundary of the land:
- Joshua 19:40–47
The seventh lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Dan:
- 2 Samuel 24:2
So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may…
- Judges 18:26–29
So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
- Numbers 34:7–9
Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
- Ezekiel 47:15–17
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.