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The redistribution of the Land of Israel detailed here in the final chapter of the Book of Ezekiel is, in some ways, emblematic of the whole book and of Ezekiel\u2019s entire prophetic mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

As we noted previously (<\/span>see Chapter 45<\/span><\/a>), the land was to be subdivided into 13 equal portions, one for each tribe and the thirteenth, designated a \u201creserve\u201d (<\/span>terumah<\/span><\/em>), for the Temple and the Nasi. Just as its delineation in the immediately previous chapter (vs.13-21) appears to have been imagined along similar lines to those prescribed under Moses (Numbers 34), so is the distribution here patterned after yet another Pentateuchal precedent: the encampment of the Tribes of Israel about the Tabernacle (Numbers 2).<\/span><\/p>\n

Accordingly, we may divide this chapter into three parts:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Vs. 1-7, the seven tribes residing north of the \u201creserve\u201d (Dan, Asher, Naftali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, Judah);<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Vs. 8-22, the \u201creserve\u201d (8-14, the Temple, 15-20, the City, 21-22, the Nasi);<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Vs. 23-29, the five tribes residing south of the \u201creserve\u201d (Benjamin, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, Gad),<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The balance (30-34) is devoted to the city whose name \u201cfrom that day on shall be The Lord is There\u201d (35), which, according to Rashi (or, at least, the text that passes for Rashi in most printed editions\u2014see <\/span>our comments to Chapter 42<\/span><\/a>), means attaching that new significance to the old name, Jerusalem, combining Abraham\u2019s \u201cthe Lord will see\u201d (<\/span>yeru<\/span><\/em>) and Melchizedek\u2019s Salem (<\/span>shalem<\/span><\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n

    Ezekiel was the first prophet to address the Judean exiles in their captivity and, as acknowledged by the Sages (see <\/span>our introduction to the book<\/span><\/a>), half his prophecies were of impending catastrophe and the other half\u2014of enduring consolation. He also ushered in a new era in prophetic discourse: his use of fantastic imagery and his descriptions of encounters with divine beings set a precedent that we will see followed by later exilic and post-exilic prophets such as Zechariah and Daniel, in particular.<\/span><\/p>\n

    image: Prophetic Vision,\u00a0Matth\u00e4us Merian der \u00c4ltere (1593 \u2013 1650) \/ wikiwand<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":75747,"id":75747,"title":"ez48-Merian's_Daniel_7_engraving","filename":"ez48-Merians_Daniel_7_engraving.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ez48-Merians_Daniel_7_engraving.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/concluding-with-a-new-israel\/ez48-merians_daniel_7_engraving\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"ez48-merians_daniel_7_engraving","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":75746,"date":"2020-06-09 19:58:10","modified":"2020-06-09 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