Ezekiel 47

CHAPTER 47

The River of Yahweh’s House

¹Then he brought me back to the ^adoor of the house; and behold, ^bwater was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar.

²He brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around by way of the outside to the outer gate by way of the gate that faces east. And behold, water was trickling from the south side.

³When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured ¹one thousand cubits, and he had me pass through the water, water reaching the ankles.

⁴Again he measured one thousand and had me pass through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured one thousand and had me pass through the water, water reaching the loins.

⁵Again he measured one thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had become high—enough water to swim in, a ^ariver that could not be passed through.

⁶And he said to me, “Son of man, have you ^aseen this?” Then he led and returned me back to the bank of the river.

⁷When I had returned, now behold, on the bank of the river there were very many ^atrees on the one side and on the other.

⁸Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the ^aArabah; then they go toward the sea, being made to flow out to the ^bsea, and the waters of the sea ¹will be healed.

⁹“And it will be that every living creature, which swarms in every place where the ¹river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the other waters ²are healed; so ^aeverything will live where the river goes.

¹⁰“And it will be that ^afishermen will stand beside it; from ^bEngedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the ^cspreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the ^dGreat Sea, ^every many.

¹¹“But its marshes and swamps will not be ¹healed; they will be ²left for ^asalt.

¹²“^aAnd by the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of ^btrees for food. Their ^cleaves will not wither, and their fruit will not ¹fail. They will bear every month because their water flows out from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their ^dleaves for healing.”

Apportionment of the Land

¹³Thus says Lord Yahweh, “This shall be the ^aboundary by which you shall apportion the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two ^bportions.

¹⁴“You shall then apportion it for an inheritance, each one ¹equally with the other; for I ^2aswore to give it to your fathers, and this land shall fall to you ³as an inheritance.

¹⁵“This shall be the boundary of the land: on the ^anorth side, from the Great Sea by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of ^1bZedad;

^161aHamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of ^bDamascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.

¹⁷“And the boundary shall be from the sea to ^aHazar-enan at the border of Damascus, and on the north toward the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

¹⁸“And the ^aeast side, from between Hauran, Damascus, ^bGilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the ^cJordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

¹⁹“And the ^asouth side toward the south shall extend from ^bTamar as far as the waters of ^cMeribath-kadesh, to the ^dbrook of Egypt and to the ^eGreat Sea. This is the south side toward the south.

²⁰“And the ^awest side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite ^1bLebo-hamath. This is the west side.

²¹“So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.

²²“And it will be that you shall divide it by ^alot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the ^bsojourners who sojourn in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel. They shall be allotted an ^cinheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

²³“And it will be that in the tribe with which the sojourner sojourns, there you shall give him his inheritance,” declares Lord Yahweh.