Ezekiel 48:5

Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The prophet Ezekiel delivers a vision of a future land division to the exiled Israelites.

The words — The text uses גְּב֣וּל (gəḇûl, "border") and מִפֶּ֥אֶת קָדִ֛מָה עַד־פֶּ֖אֶת יָֽמָּה (mippəʾat qāḏîmâ ʿaḏ-pəʾat yāmâ, "from the eastern side to the western side").

The thread — This east-to-west boundary pattern repeats in the surrounding allotments (Ezekiel 48:4, Ezekiel 48:6) and echoes the territorial descriptions in Joshua 17:8 and Joshua 16:1.

Why it lands — The verse specifies a precise geographical division, requiring the reader to track the exact borders of each tribe's inheritance.

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The Hebrew words

וְעַ֣ל׀ve./'Aland/ at גְּב֣וּלge.Vul[the] border of מְנַשֶּׁ֗הme.na.ShehManasseh מִפְּאַ֥תmi./pe.'Atfrom/ [the] side of קָדִ֛מָהka.Di.ma/heast/ -ward עַד־'ad-to פְּאַת־pe.'at-[the] side of יָ֖מָּהYa.ma/hwest/ -ward אֶפְרַ֥יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraim אֶחָֽד׃'e.Chadone [portion]

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Joshua 17:8 The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim.
Joshua 17:14 Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
Joshua 16:1 The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.