Ezekiel 47

Afterward he brought me again unto ^athe door of the house; and behold, ^bwaters issued out from under ^cthe threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of ^dthe altar. ²Then brought he me out of the way of ^ethe gate northward, and led me about the way without unto ^fthe utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and behold, there ran out waters on the right side. ³And when ^gthe man that had ^hthe line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles. ⁴Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. ⁵Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.

⁶And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. ⁷Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were ⁱvery many trees on the one side and on the other. ⁸Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east ^kcountry, and go down into the desert, and go into ^lthe sea: which being brought forth into ^lthe sea, the waters shall be healed. ⁹And it shall come to pass, that ^mevery thing that liveth, ⁿwhich moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. ¹⁰And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from ^oEn-gedi even unto ^pEn-eglaim; they shall be ^qa place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of ^rthe great sea, exceeding many. ¹¹But ^sthe miry places thereof and ^tthe marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to ^usalt. ¹²And by the river upon the bank thereof, ^von this side and on that side, shall grow all ^wtrees for meat, ^xwhose leaf shall not ^yfade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: ^zit shall bring forth ^anew fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and ^vzthe leaf thereof for medicine.

¹³Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land ^aaaccording to the twelve tribes of Israel: ^bJoseph shall have two portions. ¹⁴And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand ^cto give it unto your fathers: and ^dthis land shall fall unto you for inheritance. ¹⁵And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from ^ethe great sea, ^fthe way of Hethlon, as men go ^gto Zedad; ^16fghHamath, ⁱBerothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of ^fkDamascus and the border of ^hHamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of ^lHauran. ¹⁷And the border from the sea shall be ^fmHazar-enan, the border of ^fkDamascus, and the north northward, and the border of ^fhHamath. And this is the north side. ¹⁸And the east side ye shall measure from ^lHauran, and from ^kDamascus, and from ⁿGilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto ^othe east sea. And this is the east side. ¹⁹And ^pthe south side southward, ^pfrom ^qTamar even to ^rthe waters of strife in Kadesh, ^psthe river to ^ethe great sea. And this is the south side ^tsouthward. ²⁰The west side also shall be ^ethe great sea from the border, till a man come over against ^hHamath. This is the west side. ²¹So shall ye divide this land unto you ^aaaccording to the tribes of Israel.

²²And it shall come to pass, that ye shall ^udivide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and ^vto the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and ^wthey shall be unto you as ^xborn in the country among the children of Israel; they shall ^uhave inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. ²³And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God.

XLVIII.