New King James Version
Ezekiel 45:7
7“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.
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 Living Translation (NLT)“Two special sections of land will be set apart for the prince. One section will share a border with the east side of the sacred lands and city, and the second section will share a border on the west side. Then the far eastern and western borders of the prince’s lands will line up with the eastern and western boundaries of the tribal areas.
Context of Ezekiel 45:7
5An area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the temple; they shall have twenty chambers as a possession. 6“You shall appoint as the property of the city an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, adjacent to the district of the holy section; it shall belong to the whole house of Israel. “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. 8The land shall be his possession in Israel; and My princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes.” 9‘Thus says the Lord God: “Enough, O princes of Israel! Remove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness, and stop dispossessing My people,” says the Lord God.
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 34:24And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.
- Ezekiel 37:24“David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
- Ezekiel 46:16‘Thus says the Lord God: “If the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.
- Ezekiel 48:21“The rest shall belong to the prince, on one side and on the other of the holy district and of the city’s property, next to the twenty-five thousand cubits of the holy district as far as the eastern border, and westward next to the twenty-five thousand as far as the western border, adjacent to the tribal portions; it shall belong to the prince. It shall be the holy district, and the sanctuary of the temple shall be in the center.
- Psalms 2:8Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
- Isaiah 9:5For every warrior’s sandal from the noisy battle, And garments rolled in blood, Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.
- Luke 1:32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
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
In the dictionaries
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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