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Ezekiel 48:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
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Role in This Section
Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the…” at Ezekiel 48:21 as part of “The Prince's Portion and Five Southern Tribes Complete the Land.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 48:21–29
Ezekiel 48:21 belongs to “The Prince's Portion and Five Southern Tribes Complete the Land.” Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the…” at Ezekiel 48:21 as part of “The Prince's Portion and Five Southern Tribes Complete the Land.” Read the surrounding movement before drawing theology or application.
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the…” at Ezekiel 48:21 as part of “The Prince's Portion and Five Southern Tribes Complete the Land.” The line cannot responsibly stand apart from the dated setting, surrounding images or speech, and Ezekiel 48:21–29's conclusion.
Continue in Context
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Read Ezekiel 48:21–29 — The Prince's Portion and Five Southern Tribes Complete the LandSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 48:21–29, 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 48:21–29
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