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Ezekiel 47:13-15
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Boundaries for the Land

13 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Here[a] are the borders[b] you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.)[c] 14 You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers;[d] this land will be assigned as your inheritance.[e]

15 “This will be the border of the land:[f] On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad;

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:13 tc This translation follows the reading זֶה (zeh) instead of גֵּה (geh), a nonexistent word, as supported by the LXX.
  2. Ezekiel 47:13 tn Or “territory”; see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:715.
  3. Ezekiel 47:13 tc The grammar is awkward, though the presence of these words is supported by the versions. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:274) suggests that it is an explanatory gloss.sn One portion for Ephraim, the other for Manasseh (Gen 48:17-20).
  4. Ezekiel 47:14 sn Gen 15:9-21.
  5. Ezekiel 47:14 tn Heb “will fall to you as an inheritance.”
  6. Ezekiel 47:15 sn The measurements resemble those in Num 34:1-2.
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