Ezekiel 45:8

Of the land, it shall be his for a possession in Israel,—and so my princes shall no more oppress my people, but the land itself, shall they give to the house of Israel, by their tribes.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

In Context

7And to the prince—on his side and on that, shall belong [a portion] of the heave-offering of the holy portion and of the possession of the city, facing the heave-offering of the holy portion and facing the possession of the city, on the west side westward and on the east side eastward,—and in length, answering to one of the portions, from the west boundary to the east boundary,

9Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Let it more than suffice you O princes of Israel, Violence and spoil, remove ye And justice and righteousness, execute,— Lift off your acts of expulsion from upon my people, Urgeth My Lord Yahweh.

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Cross References

Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh had spoken unto Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel, according to their portions by their tribes,—and, the land, had rest from war.

Proverbs 28:16A leader, may lack intelligence, yet abound in oppressions, The hater of greed, shall lengthen out days.

Isaiah 32:1Lo! in righteousness, shall reign a king, Yea even princes, with equity, shall bear rule.

Jeremiah 22:17Verily thou hast neither eyes nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing to do them!

Ezekiel 19:3And she reared up one of her whelps— A young lion, he became, And he learned to rend prey. Men, he devoured.

Ezekiel 22:6Lo! the princes of Israel, every man for his own arm, have they been in thee, For the sake of shedding 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 →

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