Ezekiel 47:14
in Ezekiel 47You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.
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ASV
And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I sware to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
KJV
And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
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This verse in Ezekiel 47
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
As well as - Or, as. Ezekiel is speaking of “tribes,” not “individuals.” Each tribe is to have an equal “breadth” of land assigned to it.
This site's exposition
Joseph shall receive two portions
on Ezekiel 47:13-14
The oracle turns from the river to the land, to be divided, with one adjustment: “Joseph shall receive two portions”. Joseph's two portions carry the double portion Jacob gave him at Genesis 48. Gill notes that the promise reaches back to the oath sworn to the fathers.
This site's exposition
I swore with an uplifted hand
Barnes reads equally as strips of equal breadth. Joshua's allotment had sized each share to the tribe, as Numbers 26:54 directed. Matthew Henry reads the uplifted hand as God keeping His covenant even after long delay.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 13, 14) Thus says the Lord God: This is the boundary in which you shall possess the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel, for Joseph has a double portion. Each of you shall possess it equally as his brother, to whom I raised my hand to give it to your fathers; and this land shall fall to you as a possession. Because we said that Joseph has a double portion, the Septuagint translated it as an increase of the portion.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Though God's providences may for a time seem to contradict his promises, yet the promise will certainly take place at last, for God will be ever mindful of his covenant. I lifted up my hand to give it, and therefore it shall without fail fall to you for an inheritance. Thus the heavenly Canaan is sure to all the seed, because it is what God, who cannot lie, has promised.
And to those sealed ones these allotments did belong. It intimates likewise that all the subjects of Christ's kingdom have obtained like precious faith. Male and female, Jew and Gentile, bond and free, are all alike welcome to Christ and made partakers of him.
And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another,....
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּנְחַלְתֶּ֤ם | unechaltem | and you will divide as possession | H5157 → | 59 times |
| אוֹתָהּ֙ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | each | H376 → | 1663 times |
| כְּאָחִ֔יו | keachiv | like brother his | H251 → | 630 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙ | nasati | I lifted up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָדִ֔י | yadi | hand my | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| לְתִתָּ֖הּ | letitah | to give it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם | laavoteikhem | to ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְנָ֨פְלָ֜ה | venafelah | and it will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| הָאָ֧רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַזֹּ֛את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | to you | ||
| בְּנַחֲלָֽה׃ | benachalah | <in> an inheritance | H5159 → | 222 times |
וּנְחַלְתֶּ֤םand you will divide as possession
unechaltemH5157 →59 times
אוֹתָהּ֙<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
אִ֣ישׁeach
ʾishH376 →1663 times
כְּאָחִ֔יוlike brother his
keachivH251 →630 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙I lifted up
nasatiH5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָדִ֔יhand my
yadiH3027 →1618 times
לְתִתָּ֖הּto give it
letitahH5414 →2011 times
לַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םto ancestors your
laavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
וְנָ֨פְלָ֜הand it will fall
venafelahH5307 →435 times
הָאָ֧רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
הַזֹּ֛את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
לָכֶ֖םto you
lakhem
בְּנַחֲלָֽה׃<in> an inheritance
benachalahH5159 →222 times
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
Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
it leads to
- Genesis 17:8
And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Galatians 3:16
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
- Genesis 18:1
Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
- Genesis 17:8
Through
Numbers 14:16‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:28
Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them,…
- Joshua 7:9
When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
- Deuteronomy 9:28
Through
Ezekiel 20:28When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 6:13
Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy…
- Ezekiel 6:13
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About Ezekiel

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.
