American Standard Version
Ezekiel 48:4
4And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
Ezekiel 48:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
- New International Version (NIV)“Manasseh will have one portion; it will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Adjoining the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, Manasseh, one portion.
- New King James Version (NKJV)by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, one section for Manasseh;
Context of Ezekiel 48:4
2And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher, one portion. 3And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, Naphtali, one portion. And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh, one portion. 5And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephraim, one portion. 6And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben, one portion.
Read all of Ezekiel 48Ezekiel 48:4 word by word
וְעַ֣ל׀ גְּב֣וּל נַפְתָּלִ֗י מִפְּאַ֥ת קָדִ֛מָה עַד־פְּאַת־יָ֖מָּה מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה אֶחָֽד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 48:4
- Ezekiel 45:1Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto Jehovah, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the border thereof round about.
- Genesis 30:22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
- Genesis 41:51And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
- Genesis 48:5And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.
- Joshua 13:29And Moses gaveinheritance unto the half-tribe of Manasseh: and it was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.
- Joshua 17:1Andthiswas the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 48:4
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8The land given to the tribes was divided into long strips that ran from east to west. Before the exile, the land had been divided in smaller and uneven sections. This new arrangement was orderly and balanced. This plan did more than give each tribe equal access to land and resources. It also matched the sacred east–west pattern seen in the temple. In the temple, the layout followed a clear east–west direction. The land was now arranged in a similar way…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Manasseh--The intercourse and unity between the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan, and the nine and a half west of it, had been much kept up by the splitting of Manasseh, causing the visits of kinsmen one to the other from both sides of the Jordan. There shall be no need for this in the new order of things.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 48
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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