Ezekiel 48:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Ezekiel addresses exiled Israelites while recording a prophetic vision of the future divided land. The passage specifies the exact territorial boundaries assigned to each tribe's inheritance.

The words — גְּב֣וּל (ge.Vul) means "border," and קָדִ֛ים (ka.Dim) means "east," providing the directional markers for the land allotment.

The thread — This territorial assignment connects to the earlier Mosaic distribution in Joshua 13:15 and the ancestral lineage noted in Genesis 29:32 and 49:3.

Why it lands — It requires the reader to acknowledge the precise geographic ordering of tribal inheritance in the restoration vision, treating the boundaries as concrete rather than symbolic.

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The Hebrew words

וְעַ֣ל׀ve./'Aland/ at גְּב֣וּלge.Vul[the] border of אֶפְרַ֗יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraim מִפְּאַ֥תmi./pe.'Atfrom/ [the] side of קָדִ֛יםka.Dim[the] east וְעַד־ve./'ad-and/ to פְּאַת־pe.'at-[the] side of יָ֖מָּהYa.ma/hwest/ -ward רְאוּבֵ֥ןre.'u.VenReuben אֶחָֽד׃'e.Chadone [portion]

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Joshua 13:15 This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:
Genesis 29:32 And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
Genesis 49:3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.