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Ezekiel 48 — Sermon Preparation
The land is allotted to the twelve tribes, the city gates are named for each tribe, and the city receives the name 'The LORD Is There.' Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 48, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Ezekiel 48 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פֵּאָה | pêʼâh | H6285 | 36 | mouth, direction |
| אֶלֶף | ʼeleph | H505 | 28 | thousand |
| קָדִים | qâdîym | H6921 | 20 | fore, East |
| יָם | yâm | H3220 | 22 | sea, large body of water |
| גְּבוּל | gᵉbûwl | H1366 | 20 | cord, twisted |
| אֶחָד | ʼechâd | H259 | 25 | united, one |
| חָמֵשׁ | châmêsh | H2568 | 21 | five |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 48, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XLVIII The portion of seven tribes, ver. 1-7. The allotment of land for the sanctuary, priests and Levites, ver. 8-14. For the city and prince, ver. 15-22. For the other five tribes, ver. 23-29. A plan of the city, its gates, and new name, ver. 30-35. 15. A profane place - A common, not consecrated place. 16. The measures thereof - The extent and proportions of the city, a square of four thousand five hundred shall be taken out of the middle of the twenty five thousand or the ground-plat of the city. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Ezekiel 48:15–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Damascus— Ezek 48:1
- Hamath 1— Ezek 48:1
- Hazar-enan— Ezek 48:1
- Hethlon— Ezek 48:1
- Lebo-hamath— Ezek 48:1
- Most Holy Place 2— Ezek 48:12
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