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22 and allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens who reside in your midst and have begotten children among you. You are to treat them as children of Israel. With you, they shall be allotted as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.[a] 23 In whatever tribe an alien settles, there you shall assign him his inheritance. This is the word of the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:22 The old law (Deut 23:2-9) denied aliens the right to inherit property.

22 You are to allot it as an inheritance(A) for yourselves and for the foreigners(B) residing among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.(C) 23 In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance,” declares the Sovereign Lord.(D)

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