King James Version
Ezekiel 48:23 in the King James Version says “As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. A portion: Heb. one...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. A portion: Heb. one portion”
Ezekiel 48:23 · KJV
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 against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. A portion: Heb. one portion
And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“As for the rest”
H3499properly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) a small rope (as hanging free)
“of the tribes”
H7626a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
“from the east”
H6921the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the east (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“unto the west”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“Benjamin”
H1144binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
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