Ezekiel 47:13 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 47:13

This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.

BSB

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ASV

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border, whereby ye shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The ideal reallotment of the land to the twelve tribes of Israel is found in Ezek. 47:13–48:14. The special mention of Joseph’s portions was in order to express that the twelve portions were to be exclusive of Levi’s land, which was to be provided out of the “oblation.”

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The border - The utmost bounds of the whole land. Shall inherit - That is, shall divide for inheritance to the tribes of Israel. Joseph - That is, the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim, and Manasseh.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The latter are substantially the same as those given by Moses in Nu 34:1-29; they here begin with the north, but in Numbers they begin with the south (Nu 34:3). It is only Canaan proper, exclusive of the possession of the two and a half tribes beyond Jordan, that is here divided. Joseph . . . two portions--according to the original promise of Jacob (Ge 48:5, 22).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֹּ֤ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַר֙	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
יְהוִ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3069 →
גֵּ֤ה	geh	this	H1454 →
גְבוּל֙	ge.Vul	[is the] boundary	H1366 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
תִּתְנַחֲל֣וּ	tit.na.cha.Lu	you will give as possession	H5157 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאָ֔רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
לִשְׁנֵ֥י	lish.Nei	to two [plus]	H8147 →
עָשָׂ֖ר	'a.Sar	ten	H6240 →
שִׁבְטֵ֣י	shiv.Tei	[the] tribes of	H7626 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
יוֹסֵ֖ף	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
חֲבָלִֽים׃	cha.va.Lim	measured portions	H2256 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 31:1
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 30:22
  “And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
Through
Genesis 48:5
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
leads to
- Genesis 41:50–52
  Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
- Genesis 46:20
  Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
- Joshua 14:4
  The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks…
Through
Jeremiah 3:18
In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers…
leads to
- Jeremiah 31:8
  Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They…
- Hosea 1:11
  Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day…
- Amos 9:15
  I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
- Jeremiah 50:4
  “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

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