Ezekiel 47:22
Ye shall cast the lot upon it, for yourselves and the strangers that sojourn in the midst of you, who have begotten children in the midst of you: and they shall be to you as natives among the children of Israel; they shall eat with you in their inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
21So ye shall divide this land to them, even to the tribes of Israel.
Cross References
Numbers 26:55The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families.
Isaiah 56:6And I will give it to the strangers that attach themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be to him servants and handmaids; and as for all that keep my Sabbaths from profaning them, and that take hold of my covenant;
Ezekiel 45:1And when ye measure the land for inheritance, ye shall set apart firstfruits to the Lord, a holy space of the land, in length twenty and five thousand reeds, and in breadth twenty thousand; it shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
Ezekiel 48:29This is the land, which ye shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.
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 →