Ezekiel 47:14

You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord speaks through Ezekiel to the exiled community, commanding the equal distribution of the promised territory among the twelve tribes immediately after establishing the territorial limits in the preceding chapter.

The words — וּנְחַלְתֶּם (u.nechal.tem) literally means "and you will divide as possession," while נָשָׂאתִי יָדִי (na.sa.ti ya.di) translates directly to "I lifted my hand," the concrete posture denoting a sworn oath.

The thread — This declaration directly fulfills the patriarchal promise recorded in Genesis 12:7 and reiterates the covenant oath previously cited in Ezekiel 20:5, while the allotment instruction immediately introduces the boundary specifications in Ezekiel 47:15–28.

Why it lands — The text establishes that the land allocation is fixed by divine oath rather than human negotiation, requiring the reader to treat the inheritance as a non-negotiable decree.

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The Hebrew words

וּנְחַלְתֶּ֤םu./ne.chal.Temand/ you will divide as possession אוֹתָהּ֙'o.Ta/h<obj.>/ it אִ֣ישׁ'isheach כְּאָחִ֔יוke./'a.Chi/vlike/ brother/ his אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sherwhich נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙na.Sa.tiI lifted up אֶת־'et-<obj.>יָדִ֔יya.D/ihand/ my לְתִתָּ֖הּle./ti.Ta/hto/ give/ it לַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םla./'a.vo.tei./Khemto/ ancestors/ your וְנָ֨פְלָ֜הve./Na.fe.Lahand/ it will fall הָאָ֧רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ land הַזֹּ֛אתha./Zot<the>/ thisלָכֶ֖םla./Khemto/ youבְּנַחֲלָֽה׃be./na.cha.Lah<in>/ an inheritance

King James Version

And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.

Cross-references

Genesis 12:7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Ezekiel 20:5 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’
Ezekiel 48:29 This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Lord GOD.
Genesis 13:15 for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Genesis 15:7 The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
Genesis 17:8 And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
Genesis 26:3 Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
Genesis 28:13 And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
Numbers 14:16 ‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
Numbers 14:30 Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.