"Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his compani…" — Ezekiel 37:16

Ezekiel 37:16 · KJV

“Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and {for} all the house of Israel his companions:”

— Ezekiel 37:16

Verse 15

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

Verse 17

And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

Ezekiel 37 — Context

And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken {it}, and performed {it}, saith the LORD.

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and {for} all the house of Israel his companions:

And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou {meanest} by these?

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:19

And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

2 Chronicles 15:9

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God {was} with him.

2 Chronicles 10:17

But {as for} the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Numbers 17:2-3

Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of {their} fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.

1 Kings 12:16-20

So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither {have we} inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

2 Chronicles 11:11-17

And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

2 Chronicles 30:11-18

Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.