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Ezekiel 48:24

And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.

By the border of Benjamin - cf. Jacob's prophecy ( ; ), It alone with Judah had been throughout loyal to the house of David, so its prowess at the "night" of the national history was celebrated as well as "in the morning."

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See also Ezekiel 48:24 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 48 _ 1. The portion of the seven tribes (Ezekiel 48:1) _ 2. The oblation for the sanctuary, for the city, and for the prince (Ezekiel 48:8) 3. The gates of the city and its new name (Ezekie...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EZEKIEL 48. THE TRIBAL ALLOTMENTS. The holy city, Jerusalem, with its environments is significantly regarded as the true centre, geographical no less than religious, of the country; but, as in point o...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The tribes lying south of the oblation First, Benjamin, which changes places with Judah, and bounds the oblation on the south (Ezekiel 48:23). The two tribes that formed the ancient kingdom of Judah...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _3. The five southern tribes (48:23-29_) TRANSLATION (23) And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin, one portion. (24) And by the border of Benjamin, from the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE NEW ISRAEL (EZEKIEL 33-48) So long as the Jewish kingdom remained in existence Ezekiel's prophecies (those in Ezekiel 1-24) dealt almost exclusively with the nation's sin, and with the certainty o...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The list continues until all *Israel’s *tribes had received their land. THE CITY WITH 12 GATES – EZEKIEL 48:30-35 V30 ‘These exits will be the exits of the city. The north side will be 4500 *cubits...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עַ֣ל ׀ גְּב֣וּל בִּנְיָמִ֗ן מִ פְּאַ֥ת קָד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    RENEWAL AND ALLOTMENT OF THE LAND Ezekiel 47:1; Ezekiel 48:1 IN the first part of the forty-seventh chapter the visionary form of the revelation, which had been interrupted by the important series of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The disposition of the tribes in relation to the sanctuary was then given. On the north of the sacred land Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, and Judah were to find their possessions, an...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here the same observation meets us concerning the southern situation of the tribes, as in the former of the northern. Blessed is it to behold the Lord Jesus Christ the one portion of all!...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 47 AND 48. The last two Chapter s do not require any lengthened remarks. The waters that issue from the sanctuary represent the life-giving power that proceed...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND BY THE BORDER OF BENJAMIN, FROM THE EAST SIDE UNTO THE WEST SIDE, SIMEON SHALL HAVE A PORTION. Close by the border of Benjamin, running east and west, Simeon's part and inheritance in the land sha...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon [shall have] a [portion]. Ver. 24. _See Trapp on "_ Eze 48:2 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Eze 48:3 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Eze 48:4 _...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _As for the rest of the tribes_, &c. The portion assigned for Judah being situate next to the holy portion on the north side, that assigned to Benjamin lay next to the ground allotted to the city on t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And by the border of Benjamin, along its southern boundary, FROM THE EAST SIDE UNTO THE WEST SIDE, SIMEON SHALL HAVE A PORTION, designated here as a separate tribe, although formerly receiving his por...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE DIVISION OF THE NEW CANAAN...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 48:24 border H1366 Benjamin H1144 east H6921 side H6285 west H3220 H6285 Simeon H8095 one H259...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ “And for the remainder of the tribes, from the east side to the west side, Benjamin one portion, and by the order of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon one portion, and by the bor...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Division of the land. The city and its gates. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, prince. CONCLUSION: The tribes of Israel will in the kingdom age be distributed according to the divine counsels by...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    REFLECTIONS. In the forty fifth chapter, the prophet had begun to describe the division of the land, but being attracted by the astonishing waters of the river of life, he digressed to describe their...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Lord is there._ EZEKIEL’S LAST VISION The following are some of the principal heads of prophetic instruction intended by the vision. 1. That there was to be an entire new state of things in the...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 48:23 The distribution of territory to the tribes continues south of the city. It begins with BENJAMIN (v. Ezekiel 48:23). Benjamin’s l

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE IDEAL ALLOTMENT OF THE HOLY LAND. (Chap. 48) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The order of the original occupation of the Holy Land by the tribes under Joshua is partly, but only partly, followed. It is a new or...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The closing chapter of the prophet's temple-vision treats more particularly of the distribution of the land among the several tribes (Ezekiel 48:1), and concludes with a statement concerni...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    CHAPTER 47:13-48:35 THE BOUNDARIES AND RE-DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND. As the whole of the representations contained in the preceding parts of the vision proceed on the basis of the old covenant, the se...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 29:33; Genesis 49:5; Joshua 19:1...

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