Ezekiel 47:22

And you shall distribute it by lot as an inheritance, for yourselves and for the new arrival who will be added to you, who will conceive sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the indigenous among the sons of Israel. They shall divide the possession with you, in the midst of the tribes of Israel.

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In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

In Context

21And you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.

23And in whatever tribe the new arrival will be, there you shall give a possession to him, says the Lord God.”

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Cross References

Numbers 26:55Yet only in so far as the land is divided by lot to a tribe and to families.

Isaiah 56:6And the sons of the new arrival, who adhere to the Lord so as to worship him and to love his name, shall be his servants: all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it, and who hold to my covenant.

Ezekiel 45:1“And when you will begin to divide the land by lot, separate as first-fruits for the Lord a sanctified portion of the land, in length twenty-five thousand and in width ten thousand. It will be holy within all its borders all around.

Ezekiel 48:29This is the land that you shall distribute by lot to the tribes of Israel, and these shall be their portions, says the Lord God.

Acts 11:18Having heard these things, they were silent. And they glorified God, saying: “So has God also given to the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

Romans 10:12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. For the same Lord is over all, richly in all who call upon him.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 47:14-23

The Borders of the Land Appointed. ( b. c. 574.) 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. 14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. 15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 16… Read the whole commentary →

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