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Ezekiel 47:21 Explained in Context
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Verse 21. 21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
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Quick Meaning
Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel” at Ezekiel 47:21 as part of “The Land's Boundaries Are Assigned to Twelve Tribes.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 47:13–21
Read Ezekiel 47:21 with 47:13–21. By itself, “So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Joseph receives two portions and north, east, south, and west boundaries define an inheritance distributed among Israel's tribes.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within the same chapter, this unit advances from “The River Heals the Sea and Feeds Trees with Unfailing Fruit” into “The Land's Boundaries Are Assigned to Twelve Tribes.” Its non-interchangeable contribution is: Joseph receives two portions and north, east, south, and west boundaries define an inheritance distributed among Israel's tribes. This verse's placement is specific: Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel” at Ezekiel 47:21 as part of “The Land's Boundaries Are Assigned to Twelve Tribes.”
What Remains True
Land and authority are gifts bounded by honest measures, protected inheritance, shared provision, resident inclusion, and limits on rulers. In Ezekiel 47:21, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel” at Ezekiel 47:21 as part of “The Land's Boundaries Are Assigned to Twelve Tribes.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Oppose dispossession and corrupt measurement, include residents, and refuse to use a visionary map as a present military deed. This response follows Ezekiel 47:13–21's specific concern, “The Land's Boundaries Are Assigned to Twelve Tribes.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel” at Ezekiel 47:21 as part of “The Land's Boundaries Are Assigned to Twelve Tribes.”
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 47:13–21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 47:13–21
Open the fixed Hebrew Ezekiel file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Ezekiel
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for difficult Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, dates, place names, textual issues, vision language, and material alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Ezekiel PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Ezekiel 47:13–21
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