Ezekiel 45:7

And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
prince	וְלַנָּשִׂ֡יא ve.la.na.Si'	H5387	properly · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
oblation	לִתְרוּמַ֨ת lit.ru.Mat	H8641	a present (as offered up) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
holy	הַקֹּ֜דֶשׁ ha.Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
possession	וְלַאֲחֻזַּ֣ת ve.la.'a.chu.Zat	H272	something seized · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
city	הָעִ֗יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
before	פְּנֵ֤י pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 48:21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over agai…
Ezekiel 34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel 37:24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my sta…
Ezekiel 46:16-18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their posse…
Psalms 2:8-9 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Isaiah 9:5-6 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
Luke 1:32-33 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 45:1-8

Directions are here given for the dividing of the land after their return to it; and, God having warranted them to do it, would be an act of faith, and not of folly, thus to divide it before they had it. And it would be welcome news to the captives to hear that they should not only return to their own land, but that, whereas they were now but few in number, they should increase and multiply, so as to replenish it. But this never had its accomplishment in the Jewish state after the return out of captivity, but was to be fulfilled in the model of the Christian church, which was perfectly new (as this division of the land was quite different from that in Joshua's time) and much enlarged by the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 45:7

The prince's possession is to consist of two halves, one on the west, the other on the east, of the sacred territory. The prince, as head of the holy community, stands in closest connection with the sanctuary; his possession, therefore, on both sides must adjoin that which was peculiarly the Lord's [FAIRBAIRN].

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 45:7

A portion shall be for the prince - נשיא nasi, he who had the authority of chief magistrate; for there was neither king nor prince among the Jews after the Babylonish captivity. For these allotments and divisions, see the plan, EE, FF, GG.

John Gill on Ezekiel 45:7

And a portion shall be for the prince,.... Meaning not the civil magistrate; though he ought to be supported in his dignity and authority, and in such manner that he may be under no temptation to oppress his subjects; and who ought to be, and at this time will be, the protector of the Lord's people, both in their civil and church state; but the Prince Messiah, of whom see Ezekiel 44:3, to whom God will divide a portion with the great; Jacob shall be his portion, the Heathen his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth his possession, Isaiah 53:12, on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city; on each side, both of the…

Ezekiel 45:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 45:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 45:7

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 45:7

John Gill on Ezekiel 45:7

Ezekiel 45:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 45:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 45:7

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 45:7

John Gill on Ezekiel 45:7

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 45:1-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 45:7

Rashi on Ezekiel 45:7