15 “This is to be the boundary of the land:(A)

“On the north side it will run from the Mediterranean Sea(B) by the Hethlon road(C) past Lebo Hamath to Zedad, 16 Berothah[a](D) and Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath),(E) as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17 The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan,[b] along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.(F)

18 “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.[c] This will be the eastern boundary.(G)

19 “On the south side it will run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah Kadesh,(H) then along the Wadi of Egypt(I) to the Mediterranean Sea.(J) This will be the southern boundary.

20 “On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath.(K) This will be the western boundary.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:16 See Septuagint and 48:1; Hebrew road to go into Zedad, 16 Hamath, Berothah.
  2. Ezekiel 47:17 Hebrew Enon, a variant of Enan
  3. Ezekiel 47:18 See Syriac; Hebrew Israel. You will measure to the Dead Sea.

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