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Ezekiel 48:4 Explained in Context

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Verse 4. And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.

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Role in This Section

Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh” at Ezekiel 48:4 as part of “Seven Northern Tribal Strips Are Named.”

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  • Ezekiel 48:1–7

Ezekiel 48:1–7 is the required frame for Ezekiel 48:4. Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh” at Ezekiel 48:4 as part of “Seven Northern Tribal Strips Are Named.” The unit's outcome controls the line's meaning.

Why It Needs Context

This context pointer tracks one step in Ezekiel 48:1–7: Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh” at Ezekiel 48:4 as part of “Seven Northern Tribal Strips Are Named.” Read the thought unit before assigning enduring truth or application.

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Read Ezekiel 48:1–7 — Seven Northern Tribal Strips Are Named
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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 48:1–7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel

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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 48:1–7

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