Ezekiel 48:1

“Here is a list of the tribes of Israel and the territory that each tribe is to receive: The tribe of Dan will be allotted land at the northern boundary of Israel: It will extend east from the Mediterranean Sea east to Hethlon city, then from there to Hamath Pass, and on to the town of Hazar-Enan south of Damascus, between Damascus and Hamath. The tribe of Dan will receive land on the northern border of Israel from the eastern end of the country west to the Mediterranean Sea.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.

In Context

2South of their land will be the territory for the tribe of Asher.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:1The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were

Numbers 13:4These are the names of the men and the tribes they belonged to: Shammua, the son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben;

Joshua 19:40The seventh/last tribe that was allotted land was the tribe of Dan. Each of the clans in that tribe was allotted some of the land.

Judges 18:26Then the men from the tribe of Dan continued walking. Micah realized that there was a very large group of them, so that it would be useless for him to try to fight them. So he turned around and went home.

1 Kings 12:28So he consulted his advisors, and then he did what they suggested. He told his workers to make gold statues of two calves. Then he said to the people, “You have been going to Jerusalem to worship for a long time. It is a big trouble for you to continue going there. You people of Israel, look! These statues are the gods that brought our ancestors up from Egypt! So you can worship these, here!”

Ezekiel 47:15These will be the boundaries of the land: On the north side, it will extend from the Mediterranean Sea east along the road to Hethlon, past Lebo-Hamath to Zedad,

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 48:1

In this chapter we have particular directions given for the distribution of the land, of which we had the metes and bounds assigned in the foregoing chapter. I. The portions of the twelve tribes, seven to the north of the sanctuary ( ver. 1-7 ) and five to the south, ver. 23-29 . II. The allotment of land for the sanctuary, and the priests ( ver. 8-11 ), for the Levites ( ver. 12-14 ), for the city ( ver. 15-20 ), and for the prince, ver. 21, 22 . Much of this we had before, ch. xlv. III. A plan of the city, its… Read the whole commentary →

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