Ezekiel 47:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

Ye shall divide

Ezekiel 47:13

And to the strangers

They shall have

General references

Numbers 26:53

Bible References

Ye shall divide

This is what the Lord GOD says: "This is to be the territorial border by which you apportion the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel, with Joseph double-portioned.

And to the strangers

"Also, the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, and to bless the LORD'S name, observing the Sabbath without profaning it, and who hold fast my covenant

Now devout Jews from every nation on earth were living in Jerusalem.

When they heard this, they calmed down, and praised God by saying, "So God has given repentance that leads to life even to gentiles."

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from citizenship in Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.

The gentiles are heirs-in-common, members-in-common of the body, and common participants in what was promised by the Messiah Jesus through the gospel.

After these things, I looked, and there was a crowd so large that no one was able to count it! They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb and were wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

They shall have

He made no distinction between them and us, because of their faith-cleansed hearts.

There is no difference between Jew and Greek, because they all have the same Lord, who gives richly to all who call on him.

Because all of you are one in the Messiah Jesus, a person is no longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a male or a female.

In him there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free person. Instead, the Messiah is all and in all.

General references

"The land is to be divided for an inheritance according to the total number of these names.