Ezekiel 47–48

47Afterward 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 ancles. 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.

48Now these are the names of ^athe tribes. ^bFrom the north end ^cto the coast of ^bthe way of Hethlon, as one goeth to ^bHamath, ^bHazar-enan, ^bthe border of Damascus northward, ^cto the coast of ^bHamath; for these are his sides east and west; ^†a portion for ^ccDan. ²And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for ^ccAsher. ³And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for ^ccNaphtali. ⁴And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, ^da portion for Manasseh. ⁵And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, ^da portion for Ephraim. ⁶And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben. ⁷And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.

⁸And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be ^ethe offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and ^fthe sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. ^9eThe oblation that ye shall offer unto the Lord shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. ¹⁰And ^efor them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and ^fthe sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the midst thereof. ^11||egIt shall be for the priests that are sanctified ^hof the sons of Zadok; ⁱwhich have kept my ^||charge, ^kwhich went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, ^kas the Levites went astray. ^12eAnd this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. ¹³And ^lover against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. ¹⁴And ^mthey shall not sell of it, neither ^mexchange, nor ⁿalienate ^othe firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the Lord.

¹⁵And ^pthe five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be ^qa profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for ^rsuburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. ¹⁶And these shall be the measures thereof; ^sthe north side four thousand and five hundred, and ^sthe south side four thousand and five hundred, and ^son the east side four thousand and five hundred, and ^sthe west side four thousand and five hundred. ¹⁷And ^rthe suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty. ¹⁸And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be ^pover against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that ^tserve the city. ¹⁹And they that ^tserve the city shall serve it ^pout of all the tribes of Israel. ²⁰All ^uthe oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation ^vfoursquare, with the possession of the city. ²¹And ^wthe residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against ^uthe five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and ^fthe sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof. ²²Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.

²³As for ^athe rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have ^†a portion. ²⁴And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion. ²⁵And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion. ²⁶And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion. ²⁷And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. ²⁸And by the border of Gad, at ^xthe south side southward, the border shall be even ^xfrom Tamar unto the waters of ^||strife in Kadesh, and ^xto the river toward the great sea. ²⁹This is the land which ye shall ^ydivide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.

³⁰And these are ^zthe goings out of the city ^son the north side, ^sfour thousand and five hundred measures. ³¹And ^athe gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; ^bone gate of ^bReuben, one gate of ^bJudah, one gate of ^bLevi. ³²And ^sat the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. ³³And ^sat the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. ^34sAt the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. ³⁵It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and ^cthe name of the city from that day shall be, ^†dThe Lord is there.