Ezekiel 45:8
It shall be to him for a possession in the land in Israel. And my rulers shall no more oppress my people, but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
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Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that LORD spoke to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
Proverbs 28:16The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, [but] he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.
Isaiah 32:1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and rulers shall rule in justice.
Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Ezekiel 19:3And she brought up one of her whelps. He became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
Ezekiel 22:6Behold, the rulers of Israel, each one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 45:2-9
The Division of the Holy Land. ( b. c. 574.) 1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord , a holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about. 2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. 3… Read the whole commentary →