Ezekiel 47:19
in Ezekiel 47On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, unto the great sea. This is the south side southward.
KJV
And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
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This verse in Ezekiel 47
Commentary
6 notes on this verse(Verse 19.) The southern region stretches from Thamar to the waters of contradiction (or Mariboth: this word signifies contradiction or disputes). It includes Cades and the river, reaching all the way to the Great Sea. This is the southern region. According to the Book of Numbers, it is written as follows: It begins from the wilderness of Sin, near Edom, and its borders extend towards the eastern sea (some manuscripts add 'the saltiest sea'), encircling the southern region up along the ascent of Scorpio, passing through Senna and reaching south to Cadesbarne.
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.
This site's exposition
the waters of Meribath-kadesh
Jerome explains Meribah as contradiction or dispute, recalling Israel's quarrel at Kadesh in Numbers 20:13. Barnes takes the Brook of Egypt as the torrent reaching the sea near El Arish. The southern line repeats Numbers 34:3 to 5.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the south side southward from Tamar,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The south border (compare Num 34:4) commences with “Tamar,” probably a village near the southern end of the Dead Sea. The word means “palm-tree;” and is given to more than one city in the holy land. The river to the great sea - literally, “riverward to the great sea.” By the “river” is meant the torrent-stream entering the Mediterranean near “Rhinocolura” (El Arish).
Tamar - Called Hazazon Tamar, or Engedi, 2Ch 20:2. The river - Besor, which runs into the sea near Gaza.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּפְאַת֙ | ufeat | and [the] side of | H6285 → | 86 times |
| נֶ֣גֶב | negev | [the] south | H5045 → | 112 times |
| תֵּימָ֔נָה | teimanah | south -ward | H8486 → | 23 times |
| מִתָּמָ֗ר | mitamar | [will be] from Tamar | H8559 → | 25 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| מֵי֙ | mei | [the] waters of | H4325 → | 581 times |
| מְרִיב֣וֹת | merivot | Meribath | H4809 → | |
| קָדֵ֔שׁ | kadesh | Kadesh | H6946 → | |
| נַחֲלָ֖ה | nachalah | [the] wadi <towards> | H5158 → | 141 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַיָּ֣ם | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| הַגָּד֑וֹל | hagadol | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וְאֵ֥ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פְּאַת־ | peat- | [the] side of | H6285 → | 86 times |
| תֵּימָ֖נָה | teimanah | south -ward | H8486 → | 23 times |
| נֶֽגְבָּה׃ | negbah | south -ward | H5045 → | 112 times |
וּפְאַת֙and [the] side of
ufeatH6285 →86 times
נֶ֣גֶב[the] south
negevH5045 →112 times
תֵּימָ֔נָהsouth -ward
teimanahH8486 →23 times
מִתָּמָ֗ר[will be] from Tamar
mitamarH8559 →25 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
מֵי֙[the] waters of
meiH4325 →581 times
מְרִיב֣וֹתMeribath
merivotH4809 →
קָדֵ֔שׁKadesh
kadeshH6946 →
נַחֲלָ֖ה[the] wadi <towards>
nachalahH5158 →141 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַיָּ֣םthe sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
הַגָּד֑וֹל<the> great
hagadolH1419 →526 times
וְאֵ֥תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
פְּאַת־[the] side of
peat-H6285 →86 times
תֵּימָ֖נָהsouth -ward
teimanahH8486 →23 times
נֶֽגְבָּה׃south -ward
negbahH5045 →112 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
Deuteronomy 33:8Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
it leads to
- Exodus 17:7
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 20:13
These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 28:30
And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the…
- Exodus 17:7
Through
Deuteronomy 32:51For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.
it leads to
- Numbers 27:14
for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in…
- Numbers 20:11–14
Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
- Numbers 20:24
“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
- Numbers 27:14
Through
Numbers 34:5where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
it leads to
- Joshua 15:4
It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
- Joshua 15:4
Through
Numbers 20:13These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
it leads to
- Psalms 95:8
do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
- Psalms 95:8
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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.