Ezekiel 47:13

Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. This shall be the border whereby ye shall inherit the land, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. The re-division of the land: the boundaries. The latter are substantially the same as those given by Moses in Numbers 34:1: they here begin with the north, but in Numbers 34:1 they begin with the south. It is only Canaan proper, exclusive of the possession of the two and a half tribes beyond Jordan, that is here divided. Joseph shall have two portions - according to the original promise of Jacob to Joseph (;...

Verse Ezekiel 47:13. _JOSEPH_ SHALL HAVE TWO _PORTIONS._] That is, In _Ephraim_ and _Manasseh_, his two sons, who each had a separate inheritance....

The ideal reallotment of the land to the twelve tribes of Israel is found in Ezekiel 47:13. The special mention of Joseph’s portions was in order to express that the twelve portions were to be exclusive of Levi’s land, which was to be provided out of the “oblation.”...

EXPOSITION As the first part of Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel 40-43.) dealt with the temple, or "house," and the second (Ezekiel 44-47.) with the ritual, or "worship," so the third, which beans with the present chapter (Ezekiel 47:1; Ezekiel 48:1.), treats of the land, or "inheritance" setting forth first its relation to the temple (verses 1-12) and to outlying countries (verses 13-21), and secondly its division among the tribes, inclusive of the priests, Levites, sanctuary, prince, and city (Ezekiel 48:1), with a statement of the dimensions and gates of the last (verses 24-35). The opening section of the present chapter (verses 1-12) is by Kliefoth and others connected with the second part as a conclusio

THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, THIS SHALL BE THE BORDER,.... Of the land of Israel, as described in the following verses; which being different from, and much larger, and more extensive, than it was in the times of Moses or Joshua, or than it was either before or after the captivity in Babylon, shows that this must be understood either of the land of Canaan, as it will be when possessed and inhabited by the Jews, upon their conversion in the latter day; or rather of the church of Christ, which is far greater than it was under the former dispensation; and especially it will be still more extensive hereafter, when Christ's kingdom will be from sea to sea, and his dominion from the river to the ends of the earth; and from the rising of the sun to the setting of the same, his name shall be great among the Gentiles. This subject is reassumed from Ezekiel 45:1 after the insertion of various things o...

III. THE VISION CONCERNING THE LAND (47-48) CHAPTER 4 7 _ 1. The waters of healing from the temple (Ezekiel 47:1) _ 2. Borders of the land (Ezekiel 47:13) 3. Concerning the stranger in the land (Ezekiel 47:22)...

BOUNDARIES OF THE LAND. The northern boundary was to run from a point on the Mediterranean a little north of Tyre eastward in the direction of Damascus, the eastern boundary would stretch along the sea of Galilee, the Jordan, and the Dead Sea to a point a little to the south, the southern boundary ran from this point west to the Mediterranean, which naturally constituted the western boundary. No land was included east of the Jordan. As Levi did not count (Ezekiel 44:28), the number twelve was made up by reckoning Joseph (Ezekiel 47:13) as two tribes Ephraim and Manasseh. (Many of the places named in this list are unidentified.)...

THUS SAITH, &c. See note on Ezekiel 44:9. THE LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. JOSEPH. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 48:5). App-92. SHALL HAVE, Supply this Ellipsis (App-6), by "shall inherit"....

The tribe of Joseph, being composed of two great families, shall have "portions," i.e. two lots (perhaps _dual_should be read). There still remained twelve tribes, therefore, even when Levi was provided for by the sacred Terumah or oblation....

THIS SHALL BE THE BORDER— By the captivities of Judah and Israel, the several limits or borders belonging to the inheritance of each tribe were obliterated and forgotten; whereupon here is a new boundary and division of the Holy Land, which is to be understood in a mystical sense also. The places hereafter mentioned were the boundaries of the Holy Land, as will appear from an inspection of the map of Canaan....