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Ezekiel 48:24

in Ezekiel 48

Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon, one portion.

KJV

And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.

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This verse in Ezekiel 48

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion. Close by the border of Benjamin, running east and west, Simeon's part and inheritance in the land shall be; even such true Israelites as "hear", understand, and believe the Gospel, and practise what they hear. This tribe is not now to be divided and scattered in Israel, or to have its inheritance in Judah, as formerly, Gen 49:5, but to be distinct, and have a portion by itself.

This site's exposition

As for the rest of the tribes

on Ezekiel 48:23-27

South of the prince's land, Benjamin, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun and Gad take strips in the same straight bands as the northern tribes. The order departs from Jacob's blessing and from Joshua's allotment alike, arranged by distance from the sanctuary. Gad sets up the border the next verse describes.

This site's exposition

Simeon will have one portion

In Joshua 19:1 to 9 Simeon's towns lay inside Judah's land, as Jacob's words of scattering in Genesis 49:7 foretold. John Gill notes that Simeon now holds a separate strip. The scattered tribe receives its own border.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Vers. 23 seqq.) And the rest of the tribes, from the eastern boundary to the western boundary, belong to Benjamin. And against the boundary of Benjamin, from the eastern boundary to the western boundary, belong to Simeon. And along the boundary of Simeon, from the eastern boundary to the western boundary, belong to Issachar. And along the boundary of Issachar, from the eastern boundary to the western boundary, belong to Zebulun. And along the boundary of Zebulun, from the eastern boundary to the sea, belong to Gad.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Benjamin--Compare Jacob's prophecy (Ge 49:27; It alone with Judah had been throughout loyal to the house of David, so its prowess at the "night" of the national history was celebrated as well as in the "morning."

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The words behind it

10 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.

  • וְעַ֣ל׀and at

    vealH5921 →5755 times

  • גְּב֣וּל[the] border of

    gevulH1366 →240 times

  • בִּנְיָמִ֗ןBenjamin

    binyaminH1144 →166 times

  • מִפְּאַ֥תfrom [the] side of

    mipeatH6285 →86 times

  • קָדִ֛ימָהeast -ward

    kadimahH6921 →69 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • פְּאַת־[the] side of

    peat-H6285 →86 times

  • יָ֖מָּהwest -ward

    yamahH3220 →396 times

  • שִׁמְע֥וֹןSimeon

    shimonH8095 →44 times

  • אֶחָֽד׃one [portion]

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

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

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

5 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

    Genesis 29:33

    Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 34:25

      Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

    • Genesis 42:24

      And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

    • Genesis 35:23

      The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

    • Genesis 30:8

      Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

    • Genesis 49:5–6

      Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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