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Ezekiel 47:17
So the border will run from the Sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel records the northern territorial limits of the restored land within his temple vision, immediately following the description of the eastern boundary.
The words — גְב֜וּל (ge.Vul) = [the] boundary [H1366] marks the fixed demarcation line, while חֲצַר עֵינוֹן (cha.Tzar 'ei.nOn) = Hazar Enan [H2703] identifies the eastern endpoint of that line.
The thread — Numbers 34:9 previously designated Hazar-enan as the northern limit of the wilderness allotment, and Ezekiel 48:1 later places the tribe of Dan along that same northern frontier.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge precise, divinely established boundaries that define and contain the allotted territory, demanding geographical specificity over abstract interpretation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the border from the sea shall be Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 48:1 “Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.
- Numbers 34:9 continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.