Ezekiel 48:28 “The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meriba…”

Ezekiel 48:28

The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And by the border of Gad at the South side, towarde Temath, the border shall be euen from Tamar vnto the waters of Meribath in Kadesh, and to the riuer, that runneth into the maine sea.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“from Tamar”

2 Chronicles 20:2 Ezekiel 47:19

2 Chronicles 20:2 · BSB

Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).

Ezekiel 47:19 · BSB

On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.

“strife in Kadesh”

Numbers 20:1 Numbers 20:13 Psalm 106:32

Numbers 20:1 · BSB

In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

Numbers 20:13 · BSB

These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.

Psalm 106:32 · BSB

At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

“the river”

Genesis 15:18 Numbers 34:5 Joshua 13:3 Isaiah 27:12

Genesis 15:18 · BSB

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Numbers 34:5 · BSB

where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.

Joshua 13:3 · BSB

from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

Isaiah 27:12 · BSB

In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.

“the great sea”

Ezekiel 47:15 Ezekiel 47:20

Ezekiel 47:15 · BSB

This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad,

Ezekiel 47:20 · BSB

And on the west side, the Great Sea will be the boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western boundary.

Also

Genesis 14:7 Ezekiel 47:10

Genesis 14:7 · BSB

Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

Ezekiel 47:10 · BSB

Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.

29This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Lord GOD.

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