The Book of Ezekiel
47: 1And he brought me back unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters
issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward; (for the forefront of
the house was toward the east;) and the waters came down from under, from the
right side of the house, on the south of the altar. 47:2Then he brought me out by the
way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way without unto the outer
gate, by the way of the gate that looketh toward the east; and, behold, there ran
out waters on the right side. 47:3When the man went forth eastward with the line in
his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the
waters, waters that were to the ankles. 47:4Again he measured a thousand, and
caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he
measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were
to the loins. 47:5Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could
not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could
not be passed through. 47:6And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this?
Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river. 47:7Now
when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on
the one side and on the other. 47:8Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth
toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go
toward the sea; into the sea shall the waters go which were made to issue forth;
and the waters shall be healed. 47:9And it shall come to pass, that every living
creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and
there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and
the waters of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the
river cometh. 47:10And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand by it: from
En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish
shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 47:11But the
miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be
given up to salt. 47:12And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that
side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not whither, neither shall the
fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters
thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the
leaf thereof for healing. 47:13Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border,
whereby ye shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of
Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. 47:14And ye shall inherit it, one as well as
another; for I sware to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you
for inheritance. 47:15And this shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from
the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, unto the entrance of Zedad; 47:16Hamath,
Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of
Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran. 47:17And the border
from the sea, shall be Hazar-enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north
northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side. 47:18And the east side,
between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the
Jordan; from the north border unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east
side. 47:19And the south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of
Meriboth-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, unto the great sea. This is the south side
southward. 47:20And the west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as
far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side. 47:21So shall ye
divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. 47:22And it shall come to
pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you and to the strangers
that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be
unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel; they shall have
inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 47:23And it shall come to pass, that
in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith
the Lord Jehovah.