Ezekiel 48:1

Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. FROM THE NORTH END TO THE COAST OF ... HAMATH ... A PORTION FOR DAN. The lands are divided into portions of ideal exactness, running alongside of each other, the whole breadth from west to east, standing in a common relation to the temple in the center-seven tribes' portions on the north, five in the smaller division in the south. The portions of the city, the temple, the prince, and the priesthood, are in the middle, not within the boundaries of any tribe, all alike having a common interest in them. Judah has the place of honour next the center on the north, Benjamin the corresponding place of honour next the center on the south, because of the...

CHAPTER XLVIII _This chapter contains a description of the several portions of_ _the land belonging to each tribe, together with the portion_ _allotted to the sanctuary, city, suburb, and prince_, 1-29; _as also the measure and gates of the new city_, 30-35. NOTES ON CHAP. XLVIII Verse Ezekiel 48:1. _NOW THESE_ ARE _THE NAMES OF THE TRIBES._] See the division mentioned Numbers 34:7-4, which casts much light upon this....

The distribution of the holy land is seen in detail throughout Ezekiel 48. The order of the original occupation by the tribes under Joshua is partly, but only partly, followed. It is a new order of things - and its ideal character is evinced as elsewhere, by exact and equal measurements. From north to south seven tribes succeed each other. Then comes a portion, separated as an offering to the Lord, subdivided into: (1) a northern portion for the Levites, (2) a central portion for the priests and the temple, (3) a southern portion for the city and those who serve it. These three form a square, which does not occupy the whole breadth of the land, but is flanked on

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 concerning the gates, dimensions, and name of the city (Ezekiel 48:30-26). EZEKIEL 48:1 The _distribution of the land among the several tribes_._ _First, the portions north of the terumah (Ezekiel 48:1); secondly, the terumah (Ezekiel 48:8), embracing the portions of the priests and Levites ...

NOW THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE TRIBES,.... That shall inherit the land; and an account is given of each of the portions of it they shall have for an inheritance; by which are meant, not the twelve tribes of Israel literally, among whom the land was never so divided as here, either in Joshua's time, or after the captivity of Babylon, but the Christian church, or the people of Christ under the Gospel dispensation, as in Revelation 7:4, built upon the doctrine of the twelve apostles of Christ: the stranger sojourners are not here mentioned, who, according to the preceding chapter, were equally to inherit with the children of Israel, but are included; they being Israelites indeed, and fellowheirs, and all one in Christ, be they of whatsoever nation. FROM THE NORTH END TO THE COAST OF THE WAY OF HETHLON, AS ONE GOETH TO HAMATH: the division of the land, and the distribution

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 (Ezekiel 48:30) Without entering into the measurements, the architecture, and other features of this great temple, we point out a few things which are important. First, as to the contents of the interior of this temple. The words “silver and gold” are not mentioned once in Ezekiel 40:1; Ezekiel 41:1;...

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 of fact it really lay in the southern half, the prophet, in his ideal allotment of the land, makes a concession to geographical fact by putting seven tribes to the north, arranged in parallel strips, viz. Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, and Judah (Ezekiel 48:1), and five to the south, Benjamin, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulon, and Gad (Ezekiel 48:23). EZEKIEL 48:9. THE SACRED RESERVATION. Between Judah and Benjamin lay the sacred reservation, a piece of land about eight miles square. The norther

THESE ARE THE NAMES. For the various orderings and groupings of the twelve tribes, see App-45. Compare Exodus 1:1. DAN. Note the different positions, by which the wives' offspring are placed in thecentre, nearest to the oblation; while the slave offspring are placed at the extremities farthest from the oblation....

Dan on the furthest north. The verse as it stands has probably some confusion of text. It may read: "now these are the names of the tribes: on the furthest north, along side of the way to Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, as far as Hazar Enan on the border of Damascus, even on the north along side of (the land of) Hamath he shall have the east side (and) the west side: Dan one (portion)." First the boundary line W. to E. is specified from the sea to Hazar Enan (Ezekiel 42:16-17), and then is mentioned the country bounding the portion on the north, viz. Hamath. The _he_in "he shall have" is Dan, already in the writer's mind. We might have expected "he shall have the east side even unto the west side," or from the east side, &c., as in the following verses. The former in LXX....

D. The Apportionment of the Land 48:1-35 Now that the boundaries of the promised land have been spelled out, the prophet deals with the division of that land among the tribes. The whole territory west of Jordan is to be divided into twelve parallel portions running from east to west. No mention is made of the width of these tribal areas.[543] [543] The Rabbis gave the width of these portions as 25,000 reeds. They equaled the dimensions of the _sanctified portion_ with those of a tribal tract. 1. _The seven northern tribes (48:1-7_) TRANSLATION (1) Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethion to the entrance of Hamath, Hazarenan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, (and they shall have their sides east and west,) Dan, one portion. (2) And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher, one portion. (3) And by t...