Ezekiel 48:28

What does Ezekiel 48:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 48:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, unto the great sea.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, unto the great sea.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And on the limit of Gad, on the south side and to the south of it, the limit will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the stream, to the Great Sea.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border hath been from Tamar <FI>to<Fi> the waters of Meriboth-Kadesh, the stream by the great sea.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And by the border of Gad, the south side southward: and the border shall be from Thamar, even to the waters of contradiction of Cades, the inheritance over against the great sea.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be from Tamar [to] the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, by the torrent, unto the great sea.

Context

v.27And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad, one portion.

v.28This passage

v.29This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 106:32

    They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;

  • Ezekiel 47:15

    And this shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, unto the entrance of Zedad;

  • Ezekiel 47:10

    And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand by it: from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

  • Numbers 34:5

    and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.

  • Genesis 14:7

    And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.

  • Ezekiel 47:19

    And the south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, unto the great sea. This is the south side southward.

Related questions readers ask