Ezekiel 47:20

This part of the great sea forms a border, till one comes opposite the entrance of Hamath, even as far as the entrance thereof. These are the parts west of Hamath.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

In Context

19And the southern and southwestern coasts are from Tamar and the city of palm trees, to the water of Meribah-kadesh, reaching forth to the great sea. This part is the south and southwest.

21So ye shall divide this land to them, even to the tribes of Israel.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 48:1And these are the names of the tribes from the northern corner, on the side of the descent that draws a line to the entrance of Hamath the palace of Aelam, the border of Damascus northward on the side of Hamath the palace; and they shall have the eastern parts as far as the sea, for Dan, one portion.

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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