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Ezekiel 45:7
7There will be two pieces of land for the ruler. One piece will be on the east side of the holy piece of land and the land for the city. The other piece will be on the west side. The piece on the west side will go as far as the sea. The piece on the east side will go as far as the border of the land. So his land will be as long as a part of the land that belongs to each tribe.
Ezekiel 45:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘The prince will have the land bordering each side of the area formed by the sacred district and the property of the city. It will extend westward from the west side and eastward from the east side, running lengthwise from the western to the eastern border parallel to one of the tribal portions.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"And to the prince shall belong the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city, alongside the holy district and the property of the city, on the west and on the east, corresponding in length to one of the tribal portions, and extending from the western to the eastern boundary
- New King James Version (NKJV)“The prince shall have a section on one side and the other of the holy district and the city’s property; and bordering on the holy district and the city’s property, extending westward on the west side and eastward on the east side, the length shall be side by side with one of the tribal portions, from the west border to the east border.
Context of Ezekiel 45:7
5The other half of the holy piece of land will be for the Levites, who work in the temple. They will have towns there to live in. Their land will be 12½ kilometres long and 5 kilometres wide. 6There will also be a piece of land for the city, 12½ kilometres long and 2½ kilometres wide. It will be beside the holy piece of land. Any of Israel's people may live there. There will be two pieces of land for the ruler. One piece will be on the east side of the holy piece of land and the land for the city. The other piece will be on the west side. The piece on the west side will go as far as the sea. The piece on the east side will go as far as the border of the land. So his land will be as long as a part of the land that belongs to each tribe. 8This will be the part of Israel's land that belongs to the ruler. Because my rulers will have their own land, they will no longer need to make my people suffer. They will give to each tribe a part of the land that will belong to them. 9The Almighty Lord says this: Rulers of Israel, stop cheating my people and making them suffer! You have done enough bad things! Instead, do things that are right and fair. Stop chasing my people off their land. That is what the Almighty Lord says.
Read all of Ezekiel 45Ezekiel 45:7 word by word
וְלַנָּשִׂ֡יא מִזֶּ֣ה וּמִזֶּה֩ לִתְרוּמַ֨ת הַקֹּ֜דֶשׁ וְלַאֲחֻזַּ֣ת הָעִ֗יר אֶל־פְּנֵ֤י תְרֽוּמַת־הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ וְאֶל־פְּנֵי֙ אֲחֻזַּ֣ת הָעִ֔יר מִפְּאַת־יָ֣ם יָ֔מָּה וּמִפְּאַת־קֵ֖דְמָה קָדִ֑ימָה וְאֹ֗רֶךְ לְעֻמּוֹת֙ אַחַ֣ד הַחֲלָקִ֔ים מִגְּב֥וּל יָ֖ם אֶל־גְּב֥וּל קָדִֽימָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- for the princeנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
- on the one side and on the other side of the oblationתְּרוּמָהterûmâh terûmâh · contributionH8641
- of the holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- and of the possessionאֲחֻזָּה'ăchûzzâh · possessionH272
- of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- from the westיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
- sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
- and from the eastקֵ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · eastH6924
- eastwardקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921
- and the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
- over againstעֻמָּה‛ûmmâh · closeH5980
- oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- of the portionsחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506
- borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
Cross-references for Ezekiel 45:7
- Ezekiel 34:24I, the Lord, will be their God. My servant David will be their ruler. I, the Lord, have said this.
- Ezekiel 37:24My servant David will be their king. There will be one shepherd who takes care of them all. They will carefully obey my rules and my laws.
- Ezekiel 46:16This is what the Almighty Lord says: The ruler may choose to give some of his land as a gift to one of his sons. If he does that, the land will belong to his son and to his descendants. It will always belong to their family.
- Ezekiel 48:21The parts of land on each side of the square will belong to the ruler. The part on the east side will go as far as Israel's border in the east. The part on the west side will go as far as the Mediterranean Sea. The holy part of land where the temple is will be in the middle, between them.
- Psalms 2:8Ask me and see what I will do! I will give you all the nations on the earth. They will all belong to you.
- Isaiah 9:5Fire will destroy every shoe that the soldiers wore to march into the battle. Their clothes which have the blood of war on them will also go into the fire.
- Luke 1:32He will be great. People will call him the Son of the powerful God who is over all. The Lord God will make him king. He will rule as his ancestor King David ruled.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 45:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7A portion shall be for the prince - נשיא nasi, he who had the authority of chief magistrate; for there was neither king nor prince among the Jews after the Babylonish captivity. For these allotments and divisions, see the plan, EE, FF, GG.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7On either side of the 25,000 reeds a strip of land, running westward to the sea, eastward to the Jordan, formed the possession of the prince (see Ezekiel 46:18 note). For the other tribes the limits from west to east are the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan Ezekiel 48:8. Ezekiel 45:7 And the length shall be over against - Or, “and” in length “over against.” The definition of the prince‘s territory was to prevent the oppressions foretold (1 Samuel 8:14…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7On both sides of the larger sacred area (Ezekiel 45:1–6), the rest of the holy portion was given to the prince. The same pattern of limited access that applied in the temple also applied to the land around it. Not everyone had the same level of access to the holy space. The temple would be the geographic and spiritual center of the new Israel. The land would be divided into sections that ran from east to west. This layout arranged the whole nation around…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. The prince's possession is to consist of two halves, one on the west, the other on the east, of the sacred territory. The prince, as head of the holy community, stands in closest connection with the sanctuary; his possession, therefore, on both sides must adjoin that which was peculiarly the Lord's [Fairbairn].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 45
- 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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