Ezekiel 47:21

Ezekiel 47:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)“You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Thus you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.

Context of Ezekiel 47:21

19“The south side, southward, from Tamar [near the Dead Sea] shall extend as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the Brook of Egypt and to the Great [Mediterranean] Sea. This is the south side toward the south. 20“The west side shall be the Great [Mediterranean] Sea, from the south border to a point opposite Lebo-hamath [north of Mount Hermon]. This is the west side. “So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22You shall divide it by lot as an inheritance among yourselves and among the foreigners who stay among you, who give birth to sons among you. They shall be to you as the native-born [in the country] among the children (descendants) of Israel; they shall be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23In whatever tribe the foreigner resides, there shall you give him his inheritance,” says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 47:21 word by word

וְחִלַּקְתֶּ֞ם אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ הַזֹּ֛את לָכֶ֖ם לְשִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So shall ye divideחָלַקchâlaq · to divideH2505
• this landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• unto you according to the tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Commentaries on Ezekiel 47:21

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23The land within these borders was to be divided among the tribes of Israel. In the past, before the exile, the nation was divided into two kingdoms. In the future, there would be one united kingdom. The twelve tribes would live together as one people. This new arrangement would also include resident foreigners. If these foreigners had joined Israel as converts (people who had turned to worship the Lord), they were to receive a share of the land. They…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-23The happy fruit to the earth at large of God's dwelling with Israel in holy fellowship is that the blessing is no longer restricted to the one people and locality, but is to be diffused with comprehensive catholicity through the whole world. So the plant from the cedar of Lebanon is represented as gathering under its shelter "all fowl of every wing" (Eze 17:23). Even the desert places of the earth shall be made fruitful by the healing waters of the Gospel…Read the comment

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• Atonement, Day of
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• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings