Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13 - 47:23

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13 - 47:23


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The Boundaries of the New Canaan

v. 13. Thus saith the Lord God, This shall be the border,
the boundary of Canaan proper, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions, as in the first division of the land. Cf Gen_48:5; 1Ch_5:1.

v. 14. And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another,
every one an equal portion, concerning the which I lifted up Mine hand, in a solemn oath accompanying his promise, Gen_12:7; Gen_13:15; Gen_15:7; Gen_17:8; Gen_26:3, to give it unto your fathers; and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.

v. 15. And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the Great Sea,
the Mediterranean Sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad, these two towns being on the northwestern border:

v. 16. Hamath,
the ancient northernmost point, Berothah, a city in Syria conquered by David, 2Sa_8:8, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, on the caravan road toward Palmyra; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran, a province on the east side of Jordan, south of Syria.

v. 17. And the border from the sea,
as one draws the northern border from the Mediterranean Sea to the beginning of its eastern boundary, shall be Hazar-enan, in the extreme northeastern corner, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath, the description indicating that this entire northeastern section was included. And this is the north side.

v. 18. And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran,
from the extreme northeastern boundary of this section, and from Damascus, as indicating the limit of extent in that direction, and from Gilead, in the center east of Jordan, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, extending to the river along its whole length, from the border unto the East Sea, that is, the Dead Sea. And this is the east side, which therefore included Canaan proper only.

v. 19. And the south side southward,
along the southern boundary, from Tamar, probably south of the Dead Sea, even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, Cf Numbers 20, near Kadesh-barnea, the river to the Great Sea, the Wady el Arish, whose brook flows into the Mediterranean Sea, the boundary toward the southwest being clearly defined. And this is the south side southward.

v. 20. The west side also shall be the Great Sea from the border,
all along from the river of Egypt, till a man come over against Hamath, the Philistine coast thus being included in the Holy Land and the whole description being held along ideal lines. This is the west side.

v. 21. So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel,
this statement summarizing what has been said concerning the boundaries of Canaan.

v. 22. And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you;
for he who connects himself with the true Church may enjoy the privileges and blessings of the true Church; and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel, as Hobab and his tribe did at the time of Moses; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

v. 23. And it shall come to pass that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God.
In the New Testament the middle wall of partition between Jews and Gentiles has been fully removed, so that through Him they both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Cf Eph_2:14-18.