Ezekiel 45:8

of the land there is to him for a possession in Israel, and My princes do not oppress any more My people, and the land they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

Young's Literal Translation

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

7As to the prince, on this side, and on that side, of the heave-offering of the holy place, and of the possession of the city, at the front of the heave-offering of the holy place, and at the front of the possession of the city, from the west corner westward, and from the east corner eastward — and the length [is] over-against one of the portions from the west border unto the east border —

9'Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Enough to you — princes of Israel; violence and spoil turn aside, and judgment and righteousness do; lift up your exactions from off My people — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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Cross References

Joshua 11:23And Joshua taketh the whole of the land, according to all that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, and Joshua giveth it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes; and the land hath rest from war.

Proverbs 28:16A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

Isaiah 32:1Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.

Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

Ezekiel 19:3And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

Ezekiel 22:6Lo, princes of Israel — each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed 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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