“The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
Parallel Translations
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“The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
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The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
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And the west side shall be the Great Sea, from the border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 47:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 34:6 “ ‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west border.
- Ezekiel 48:1 “Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 47:20 The west side also [shall be] the…
Eze 47:20 The west side also [shall be] the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This [is] the west side.
Ver. 20. Till a man come over against Hamath.] To that place of the great sea, from which lieth a straight way from Hamath eastward.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This boundary begins where the river falls into the…
This boundary begins where the river falls into the Mediterranean, a little south of Gaza; this the south point of the western boundary, and the line runs all along the seashore northward, till you come in a straight line to Hamath; and this is the northern point of the west frontier, over right Sidon, or little differing.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The west side also shall be the great sea…
The west side also shall be the great sea from the border,.... From the border of Egypt, and the river of it, to the Mediterranean sea, is the west side of the land, and the western border of it; hence the western point is often expressed in Scripture by the sea:
till a man come over against Hamath; Antioch in Syria; see Eze 47:16.
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this is the west side; of the land, and of the western border of it.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 20. The great sea] The Mediterranean.
Verse 20. The great sea] The Mediterranean.
From the border] The southern border, mentioned Eze 47:19.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Eze 47:20. The west side shall be the great…
Eze 47:20. The west side shall be the great sea from the border — That is, from the southern border, mentioned in the foregoing verse. Till a man come over against Hamath — Or rather, till a man come to Hamath, the northern point toward the west frontier.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Emath, not that it was on the sea: but…
Emath, not that it was on the sea: but a line was to be drawn over against this city, eastward from the Mediterranean Sea. Septuagint, "to opposite the entrance of Emath, as far as its entrance." But the territory extended farther, Numbers xxxiv.
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).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. The western boundary—“and the west side: the great…
20. The western boundary—“and the west side: the great sea, from the (south) border as far as over against where one goeth unto Hamath; this is the west side.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (20) Over against Hamath.—The western boundary, as in Num_34:6,…
(20) Over against Hamath.—The western boundary, as in Num_34:6, is the Mediterranean, and continues to the starting-point, Hamath being here, as in Eze_47:16-17, the district of Hamath.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The western boundary. This, as in Num_34:6, should be…
The western boundary. This, as in Num_34:6, should be the great sea from the border, i.e. the southern boundary last mentioned (ver. 19), till a man come over against Hamath; literally, unto (the place which is) over against the coming to Hamath; i.e. till opposite the point (on the coast) at which one enters the territory of Hamath. (comp. Jud_1:19:10 20:43)
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