You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers. This land will fall to you for inheritance.
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You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers. This land will fall to you for inheritance.
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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.
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And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another, concerning which I lifted up My hand to give it unto your fathers; and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
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- Genesis 12:7 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” He built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
- Ezekiel 20:5-6 Tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, ‘I am Yahweh your God;’ in that day I swore to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
- Ezekiel 48:29 “This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Genesis 13:15 for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
- Genesis 15:7 He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
- Genesis 17:8 I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
- Genesis 26:3 Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
- Genesis 28:13 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give the land you lie on to you and to your offspring.
- Numbers 14:16 ‘Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.’
- Numbers 14:30 surely you shall not come into the land concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Deuteronomy 1:8 Behold, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob—to give to them and to their offspring after them.’ ”
- Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 20:28 For when I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There they also made their pleasant aroma, and there they poured out their drink offerings.
- Ezekiel 20:42 You will know that I am Yahweh when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 47:14 And ye shall inherit it, one as…
Eze 47:14 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.
Ver. 14. And ye shall inherit one as well as another.] Spiritual blessings are divided in solidum in gold coin among the community of God’s people; they all partake of one and the same saving grace of God, righteousness of Christ, and eternal life, though there are several degrees of grace and of glory. See Gal 3:26-29. All God’s sons are heirs, heirs of God, and co-heirs with Christ. {Rom 8:17}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain One as well as another; by equal right, each…
One as well as another; by equal right, each tribe and each family shall inherit their assigned portion, by right of children descended from a father whose it was by letters patent from heaven.
Concerning the which I lifted up mine hand; which by oath I bound myself, saith God, to give to you. See this form of oath Eze 20:5; 36:7.
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Unto your fathers; first to Abraham, Gen 13:15; 15:18; next to Isaac, Gen 26:3; next to Jacob, Gen 28:13; and all three are frequently mentioned, as those to whom the Lord sware in this thing, Exo 33:1; Deu 1:8; 6:10, &c.
Shall fall; so we speak of the inheritance which is sure and firm by indefeasible right, and comes into actual possession; it may also refer to the dividing by lot, which God will guide, that each may have their own.
Unto you, returned captives, who were carried away and used as if nothing were your own, and as if you never should have any thing; but in their sight you shall inherit.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And ye shall inherit it, one as well as…
And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another,.... That is, the twelve tribes shall equally inherit it; one tribe shall not have more, and another less, but each alike: this was not the case, at the division of the land, in the times of Moses and Joshua; for to such tribes as were very numerous a greater inheritance was given; and to those that were fewer in number a lesser inheritance, Num 26:54, and upon the return from the Babylonish captivity, as the tribes of Judah and Benjamin were the largest, and indeed the only tribes that returned as such, they had the share of the land; but as this respects the dispensation, it signifies, that those who are true Israelites indeed shall share in the same Gospel church state, the privileges and immunities of it alike, with all the blessings of grace and eternal glory; they being all one in Christ Jesus, Gal 3:28,
concerning the which I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers; that is, swore that he would give unto them the land of Canaan; typical of the Gospel church state and the heavenly glory; which are as sure to all the seed, by the word and oath of God, as that was:
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and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance; by lot, by the appointment of God, and a goodly one it is, Psa 16:6.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Eze 47:14. And ye shall inherit it, one as…
Eze 47:14. And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another — Namely, the ten tribes which are scattered abroad as well as Judah and Benjamin. These two tribes, together with some of the families of the tribe of Levi, made up the principal part of those who returned from the Babylonish captivity; by which it appears, that this prophecy has not yet been fulfilled, but relates to the general restoration of the Jews and Israelites, an event often foretold in the prophecies of the Old Testament. And this land shall fall unto you for inheritance — Here is an allusion to the manner of their first acquiring the possession of the land, which was by lot, by which means all controversies were prevented, the lot referring all things to the divine designation and appointment.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain As well as - Or, as. Ezekiel is speaking…
As well as - Or, as. Ezekiel is speaking of “tribes,” not “individuals.” Each tribe is to have an equal “breadth” of land assigned to it.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Brother. The seven tribes to the north have each…
Brother. The seven tribes to the north have each an equal share, as the five who lay to the south of the Levites had with respect to each other, though their portion must have been only about half of what the former possessed, according to the map, chap. xlv. 1. (Haydock) --- Under Josue, the numbers of each tribe were considered. The present mysterious equality shews, perhaps, that there is no distinction of Jew or Gentile in the Church, and that Christ would come to redeem all. (Calmet) --- Lifted. People taking an oath acted in this manner. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Ye shall inherit it, one as well as…
14. Ye shall inherit it, one as well as another — That is, ye shall share it equally. Just as the sacrifices in Ezekiel principally differ from those of the Mosaic law in the fundamental ideaof greater equality, so here this idea is again set forth.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) One as well as another.—This is the ordinary…
(14) One as well as another.—This is the ordinary expression for equality. Unlike the former division of the laud, the territory is to be arranged in twelve equal portions. This is generally understood to mean that the strips of territory assigned to each tribe shall be of equal width, and such is undoubtedly the prophet’s meaning, since the vision throughout makes little account of the natural features of the country. It may be well to notice in passing, however, that the actual area of the territory given to the tribes is thus made very unequal. The country was nearly three times as broad at the south as at the north, and the southern tribes would thus have actually nearly three times as much land as the northern, although they were ideally equal. Were the portions to be made actually equal, the map given under Ezekiel 48 would be much changed. Such an arrangement would move the “oblation” farther south and give it ample room between east and west. Its north line would be a little north of Jerusalem, and its south within ten or twelve miles of Beersheba, and the Temple would be situated a few miles north-west of Hebron and still on the western watershed.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Ye shall inherit it, one as well as another;…
Ye shall inherit it, one as well as another; literally, a man as his brother the customary Hebrew phrase for "equally". (see, however, 2Sa_11:25) The equal participants were to be tribes, not the families, as in the Mosaic distribution. (Num_33:54) Had the earlier principle of allotment been indicated as that to be followed in the future, it would not have been possible to give the tribes equal portions, as some tribes would certainly have a larger number of families than others. Nevertheless, the division was to be equal among the tribes, which shows it was rather of an ideal than of an actual distribution the prophet was speaking. Then what they should divide amongst themselves was to be the land concerning which Jehovah had lifted up his hand a peculiarly Ezekelian phrase, (see Eze_20:5, Eze_20:6, Eze_20:15, Eze_20:23, Eze_20:28, Eze_20:42) signifying "to swear" (comp. Gen_14:22; De 33) to give it unto their fathers. (see Gen_12:7 Gen_18:8 Gen_26:3 Gen_28:13) That the land was not divided after this fashion among the tribes that returned from exile is one more attestation that the prophet"s directions were not intended to be literally carried out.
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