Ezekiel 48:28

And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. No JFB commentary on these verses....

Verse Ezekiel 48:28. _FROM TAMAR _- IN _KADESH_] The former was on the _south_ of the Dead Sea; and the latter, or Kadesh-Barnea, was still farther south, and at the extremity of the portion of _Gad_, which was the most _southern_ tribe, as _Dan_ was the most _northern_....

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 ...

AND BY THE BORDER OF GAD, AT THE SOUTH SIDE SOUTHWARD,.... Of the sanctuary of the Lord, of the portion of the priests and Levites, of the city, and what belonged to that, and of the prince's portion. The description begins at the northern part of the land, and ends in the southern: THE BORDER SHALL BE EVEN FROM TAMAR UNTO THE WATERS OF STRIFE IN KADESH; AND TO THE RIVER TOWARD THE GREAT SEA; Ezekiel 47:19....

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

STRIFE. Bob. _Meribah_. See note on Ezekiel 47:19. toward, Septuagint reads as far as"....

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 still have the prerogative of lying nearest the sanctuary. Then Simeon, formerly located in the south (Ezekiel 48:24). Then successively Issachar (Ezekiel 48:25), Zebulun (Ezekiel 48:26), and finally Gad (Ezekiel 48:27). The two former are brought down from the north, and Gad from beyond the Jordan....

GREAT SEA— _Mediterranean sea._...

_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 east side unto the west side, Simeon, one portion. (25) And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar, one portion. (26) And by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion. (27) And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad, one portion. (28) And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, unto the great sea. (29) This is the land which you shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, (oracle of the Lord GOD). COMMENTS To the south of the...