God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 48:4
4Manasseh will have one part of the land and border Naphtali on the south. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border.
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
2Asher will have one part of the land and border Dan on the south. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border. 3Naphtali will have one part of the land and border Asher on the south. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border. Manasseh will have one part of the land and border Naphtali on the south. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border. 5Ephraim will have one part of the land and border Manasseh on the south. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border. 6Reuben will have one part of the land and border Ephraim on the south. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border.
Read all of Ezekiel 48Ezekiel 48:4 word by word
וְעַ֣ל׀ גְּב֣וּל נַפְתָּלִ֗י מִפְּאַ֥ת קָדִ֛מָה עַד־פְּאַת־יָ֖מָּה מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה אֶחָֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 48:4
- Ezekiel 45:1“ ‘Divide the land by drawing lots for the property you will inherit. Set aside an area 43,750 feet long and 35,000 feet wide for the Lord. The entire area will be holy.
- Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel. God answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children.
- Genesis 41:51Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh [He Helps Me Forget], because God helped him forget all his troubles and all about his father’s family.
- Genesis 48:5“So your two sons, who were born in Egypt before I came here, are my sons. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.
- Joshua 13:29Moses gave some land as an inheritance to half of the tribe of Manasseh. It was only for the families of that half of the tribe.
- Joshua 17:1The lot was drawn for the tribe of Manasseh, because Manasseh was Joseph’s firstborn. Machir, Manasseh’s firstborn, the ancestor of the people living in Gilead, had received Gilead and Bashan because he was a soldier.
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
Topics related to Ezekiel 48:4
In the dictionaries
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
God’s Word Translation — © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society
Commentaries