Eze 47:1-18 - Commentary

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Text -- Ezekiel 47:1-18 (NET)

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Water from the Temple

47:1 Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar. 47:2 He led me out by way of the north gate and brought me around the outside of the outer gate that faces toward the east; I noticed that the water was trickling out from the south side. 47:3 When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured 1,750 feet, and then he led me through water, which was ankle deep. 47:4 Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep. 47:5 Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed. 47:6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 47:7 When I had returned, I noticed a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides. 47:8 He said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the Arabah; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh. 47:9 Every living creature which swarms where the river flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh and everything will live where the river flows. 47:10 Fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to En-eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea. 47:11 But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty. 47:12 On both sides of the river’s banks, every kind of tree will grow for food. Their leaves will not wither nor will their fruit fail, but they will bear fruit every month, because their water source flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”

Boundaries for the Land

47:13 This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Here are the borders you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.) 47:14 You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers; this land will be assigned as your inheritance. 47:15 “This will be the border of the land: On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad; 47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, as far as Hazer-hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. 47:17 The border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, and on the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side. 47:18 On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, will be the Jordan. You will measure from the border to the eastern sea. This is the east side.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Arabah a town of Judea west of Jerusalem on the border of Benjamin

· Berothah a town between Hamath and Damascus (OS)

· Damascus a city-state in Syria, located near Mt. Hermon at the edge of the Syrian desert (OS),a town near Mt. Hermon at the edge of the Syrian desert (OS)

· Eastern Sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River

· eastern sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River

· En-eglaim a town on the Dead Sea associated with En-Gedi (OS)

· En-Eglaim a town on the Dead Sea associated with En-Gedi (OS)

· En-Gedi an oasis town in the desert of Judah by the Dead Sea

· En-gedi an oasis town in the desert of Judah by the Dead Sea

· Gilead a mountainous region east of the Jordan & north of the Arnon to Hermon,son of Machir son of Manasseh; founder of the clan of Gilead,father of Jephthah the judge,son of Michael of the tribe of Gad

· Great Sea the Mediterranean Sea

· hamath a town of Syria on the Orontes between Aleppo and Damascus (OS)

· Hamath a town of unknown location

· Hauran a place: town or region

· Hazar-enon a town on the theoretical NE frontier of Israel (OS)

· Hazar-Enon a town on the theoretical NE frontier of Israel (OS)

· Hazer-hatticon a town on the theoretical NE frontier of Israel (OS)

· Hazer-Hatticon a town on the theoretical NE frontier of Israel (OS)

· Hethlon a town just north of Mt. Lebanon (ZD)

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jordan the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)

· Joseph the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

· sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea

· Sibraim a town lying between the territories of Damascus and Hamath

· Tamar the daughter-in-law of Judah; the mother of Judah's sons Perez and Zerah; an ancestor of Jesus,daughter-in-law to Judah; mother of Zerah and Perez,daughter of King David,daughter of Absalom,a town of Judah 60 km SE of Beersheba & 35 km SSW of the Dead Sea

· Zedad a town 50 km ESE of Kadesh & 35 km WNW of Hazar-Enan

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 47:1 The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been tr...

NET Notes: Eze 47:2 The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been tr...

NET Notes: Eze 47:3 Heb “one thousand cubits” (i.e., 525 meters); this phrase occurs three times in the next two verses.

NET Notes: Eze 47:7 The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been tr...

NET Notes: Eze 47:8 Heb “the waters become healed.”

NET Notes: Eze 47:9 Heb “will be healed.”

NET Notes: Eze 47:10 The Great Sea refers to the Mediterranean Sea (also in vv. 15, 19, 20).

NET Notes: Eze 47:12 See Rev 22:1-2.

NET Notes: Eze 47:13 One portion for Ephraim, the other for Manasseh (Gen 48:17-20).

NET Notes: Eze 47:14 Heb “will fall to you as an inheritance.”

NET Notes: Eze 47:15 The measurements resemble those in Num 34:1-2.

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