English Standard Version
Ezekiel 47:18
18"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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“The eastern border starts at a point between Hauran and Damascus and runs south along the Jordan River between Israel and Gilead, past the Dead Sea and as far south as Tamar. This will be the eastern border.
Context of Ezekiel 47:18
16Berothah, Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17So the boundary shall run from the sea to Hazar-enan, which is on the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This shall be the north side. "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. 19"On the south side, it shall run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah-kadesh, from there along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This shall be the south side. 20"On the west side, the Great Sea shall be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This shall be the west side.
Read all of Ezekiel 47Ezekiel 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the eastקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921
- sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
- ye shall measureמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
- fromבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
- Hauranחַוְרָןchavrân · HauranH2362
- Damascusדַּמֶּ֫שֶׂקdammeώeq dûmeώeq darmeώeq · DamascusH1834
- Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
- the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
- from the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
- unto the eastקַדְמֹנִיqadmônîy qadmônîy · easternH6931
- seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
Cross-references for Ezekiel 47:18
- Genesis 31:23he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him for seven days and followed close after him into the hill country of Gilead.
- Numbers 32:1Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock.
- Jeremiah 10:8They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!
- Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
- Job 40:23Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against 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
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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
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