Ezekiel 47:5–19

5 Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a ariver that could not be forded.

6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you aseen this?” Then he brought me 1back to the bank of the river.

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

8 Then 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 into the bsea, and the waters of the sea become 1fresh.

9 “It will come about 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 others 2become fresh; so aeverything will live where the river goes.

10 “And it will come about 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 swamps and marshes will not become 1fresh; they will be 2left for asalt.

12 “aBy 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 fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their dleaves for healing.”

Boundaries and Division of the Land

13 Thus says the Lord 1God, “This shall be the aboundary by which you shall divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two bportions.

14 “You shall divide it for an inheritance, each one 1equally with the other; for I 2aswore to give it to your forefathers, 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;

16 1aHamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of bDamascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.

17 “The boundary shall 1extend 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 “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 “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.