Ezekiel 47:18

Ezekiel 47:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
• New International Version (NIV)“On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Dead Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"On the east side, the boundary shall run between Hauran and Damascus; along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel; to the eastern sea and as far as Tamar. This shall be the east side.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“On the east side you shall mark out the border from between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, along the Jordan, and along the eastern side of the sea. This is the east side.

Context of Ezekiel 47:18

16Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran. 17And the border from the sea, shall be Hazar-enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side. And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border, unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east side. 19And 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. 20And the west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.

Ezekiel 47:18 word by word

וּפְאַ֣ת קָדִ֡ים מִבֵּ֣ין חַוְרָ֣ן וּמִבֵּין־דַּמֶּשֶׂק֩ וּמִבֵּ֨ין הַגִּלְעָ֜ד וּמִבֵּ֨ין אֶ֤רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן מִגְּב֛וּל עַל־הַיָּ֥ם הַקַּדְמוֹנִ֖י תָּמֹ֑דּוּ וְאֵ֖ת פְּאַ֥ת קָדִֽימָה׃Read the interlinear

• eastקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921
• sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
• Hauranחַוְרָןchavrân · HauranH2362
• Damascusדַּמֶּ֫שֶׂקdammeώeq dûmeώeq darmeώeq · DamascusH1834
• Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• measureמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058

Cross-references for Ezekiel 47:18

• Genesis 31:23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
• Numbers 32:1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
• Jeremiah 10:8But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
• Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
• Job 40:23Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 47:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18The east sea - The same as the Dead Sea.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18The eastern boundary is to commence by separating off the territory of Damascus and Hauran, and then to follow the line of the Jordan to the Dead Sea. Further, the land occupied by the trans-Jordanic tribes was also to be separated off from the land of Israel. The trans-Jordanic tribes in fact occupied their ground (in Joshua‘s allotment) by sufferance. This did not belong to Canaan proper, the land of promise. Hence, the tribes, formerly on the east of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-20The new promised land's boundaries were similar to those in Numbers 34:1–12. The boundaries stretched from Lebo-hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Jordan River in the east. The people would now fully possess this promised land, which they had never done before. Transjordan, the area east of the Jordan River, was not included. This area was the historic home of Reuben, Gad, and half of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. east sea--the Dead Sea. The border is to go down straight to it by the valley of the Jordan. So Nu 34:11, 12.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 47:18

• Canaan
• Dead Sea
• Hauran

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• Damascus
• Gilead
• Israel
• Jordan
• East sea
• Dead Sea
• Hauran
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Dead Sea, the

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