Bible Strands
Ezekiel 48:22
So the Levitical property and the city property will lie in the center of the area belonging to the prince—the area between the borders of Judah and Benjamin.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel records a prophetic vision of a future territorial division, addressing exiled Israel regarding the allotment of the restored land. The passage functions as the concluding administrative detail of a larger tribal mapping sequence.
The words — בְּ/ת֛וֹךְ (be./Tokh) = in/ [the] middle of [H8432]; לַ/נָּשִׂ֖יא (la./na.Si') = to the/ prince [H5387].
The thread — The designation of Levitical holdings aligns with Joshua 21:41 and the allocation of civic land. The prince’s adjacent territory mirrors the earlier specification in Ezekiel 45:7 and traces back to the tribal boundary delineations of Joshua 18:11.
Why it lands — The text establishes a fixed geographical buffer that separates the holy district from princely administration while anchoring Levitical and civic plots between Judah and Benjamin. It requires the reader to recognize the deliberate spatial ordering of sacred, civic, and ruling jurisdictions in the restored land.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.