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Ezekiel 47

Ezek. 47:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
God
Yhovih (Hebrew #3069)
a variation of 3068 (used after 136, and pronounced by Jews as 430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce 3068 as 136)
KJV usage: God.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vee'
; This
geh (Hebrew #1454)
this
KJV usage: this.
Pronounce: gay
Origin: probably a clerical error for 2088
shall be the border
gbuwl (Hebrew #1366)
from 1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed
KJV usage: border, bound, coast, X great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Pronounce: gheb-ool'
Origin: or (shortened) gbul {gheb-ool'}
, whereby ye shall inherit
nachal (Hebrew #5157)
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
KJV usage: divide, have ((inheritance)), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).
Pronounce: naw-khal'
Origin: a primitive root
the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
according to the twelve
`asar (Hebrew #6240)
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
Pronounce: aw-sawr'
Origin: for 6235
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
tribes
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
: Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
o shall have two portions
chebel (Hebrew #2256)
from 2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
KJV usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
Pronounce: kheh'-bel
Origin: or chebel {khay'-bel}
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Ezek. 48:5• 5And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side; Ephraim, one. (Ezek. 48:5)
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Gen. 48:5• 5And now thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came to thee into Egypt, [shall be] mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine as Reuben and Simeon. (Gen. 48:5)
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Gen. 49:26• 26The blessings of thy father surpass the blessings of my progenitors unto the bounds of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. (Gen. 49:26)

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Israel,
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The Twelve Tribes,
Twelve Tribes

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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This shall.
Num. 34:2‑12• 2{i}Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan, this shall be the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof.{/i}
 3{i}Then your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside of Edom, and your southern border shall be from the end of the salt sea eastward;{/i}
 4{i}and your border shall turn from the south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin, and shall end southward at Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-Addar, and pass on to Azmon.{/i}
 5{i}And the border shall turn from Azmon unto the torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the sea.{/i}
 6{i}And as west border ye shall have the great sea, and its coast. This shall be your west border.{/i}
 7{i}And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor;{/i}
 8{i}from mount Hor ye shall mark out the entrance to Hamath, and the end of the border shall be toward Zedad;{/i}
 9{i}and the border shall go to Ziphron, and shall end at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.{/i}
 10{i}And ye shall mark out for you as eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:{/i}
 11{i}and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall strike upon the extremity of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;{/i}
 12{i}and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and shall end at the salt sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.{/i} (Num. 34:2‑12)
Joseph.
Ezek. 48:4‑6• 4And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side; Manasseh, one.
 5And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side; Ephraim, one.
 6And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side; Reuben, one. (Ezek. 48:4‑6)
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Gen. 48:5• 5And now thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came to thee into Egypt, [shall be] mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine as Reuben and Simeon. (Gen. 48:5)
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Gen. 49:26• 26The blessings of thy father surpass the blessings of my progenitors unto the bounds of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. (Gen. 49:26)
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1 Chron. 5:1• 1{i}And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, inasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; but the genealogy is not registered according to the birthright,{/i} (1 Chron. 5:1)
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Jer. 3:18• 18In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. (Jer. 3:18)
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Jer. 31:1• 1At the same time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel{i},{/i} and they shall be my people. (Jer. 31:1)
• The counsels of God stand. Joseph, whatever the dark history of his sons meanwhile, must have his portion. (“Notes on Ezekiel 47” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border whereby ye shall allot the land as inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portionsc.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "two lines."

W. Kelly Translation

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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.