Ezekiel 47:23
in Ezekiel 47In whatever tribe a foreigner dwells, you are to assign his inheritance there,” declares the Lord GOD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV
And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God.
⋯
This verse in Ezekiel 47
Commentary
6 notes on this verseHis inheritance - This certainly looks at gospel times, when the partition-wall between Jew and Gentile was taken down, and both put on a level before God, both made one in Christ Jesus.
This site's exposition
divide this land among yourselves
on Ezekiel 47:21-23
The land is divided “according to the tribes of Israel”, and the foreigners “who dwell among you and who have children” share in it. Israel is to “treat them as native-born Israelites”. Henry compares the ruling with the welcome Israel's own law already required for the foreigner.
This site's exposition
In whatever tribe a foreigner dwells
The foreigner receives his portion within the tribe where he already lives. Leviticus 19:34 already required such welcome. John Wesley reads the verse as looking to the gospel age, when Jew and Gentile were made one in Christ.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 21 onwards) And you shall divide this land among yourselves into the tribes of Israel, and you shall allocate it as an inheritance to yourselves and to the foreigners who have joined you and have children born among you. They shall be considered as natives among the children of Israel and shall share in the possession with you among the tribes of Israel. In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, you shall give them an inheritance there, says the Lord God.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
It would likewise invite strangers to come and settle among them, and put themselves under the wings of the divine Majesty. But it certainly looks at gospel-times, when the partition-wall between Jew and Gentile was taken down, and both one in Christ, in whom there is no difference, Rom. x. This land was a type of the heavenly Canaan, that better country ( Heb. xi.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth,....
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֣ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַשֵּׁ֔בֶט | vashevet | in the tribe | H7626 → | 190 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| גָּ֥ר | gar | he has sojourned | H1481 → | 97 times |
| הַגֵּ֖ר | hager | the sojourner | H1616 → | 92 times |
| אִתּ֑וֹ | ʾito | with it | H854 → | 929 times |
| שָׁ֚ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| תִּתְּנ֣וּ | titenu | you will give [him] | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| נַחֲלָת֔וֹ | nachalato | inheritance his | H5159 → | 222 times |
| נְאֻ֖ם | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
וְהָיָ֣הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
בַשֵּׁ֔בֶטin the tribe
vashevetH7626 →190 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
גָּ֥רhe has sojourned
garH1481 →97 times
הַגֵּ֖רthe sojourner
hagerH1616 →92 times
אִתּ֑וֹwith it
ʾitoH854 →929 times
שָׁ֚םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
תִּתְּנ֣וּyou will give [him]
titenuH5414 →2011 times
נַחֲלָת֔וֹinheritance his
nachalatoH5159 →222 times
נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies8
On this verse
On this chapter
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.