Reference

Ezekiel 47:13

Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
11

But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

12

And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

13

Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

14

And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.

15

And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;

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While the verse outlines a literal division of land, the broader context of Ezekiel's temple and land prophecies is often interpreted symbolically or eschatologically, suggesting a spiritual rather than strictly geographical fulfillment.

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The verse describes a boundary and an inheritance, not the method by which God communicated this information to Ezekiel. The phrase "Thus saith the Lord God" indicates divine speech, but it does not elaborate on the *means* of that communication.