Ezekiel 47
Water from the Temple
1 Then 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. 2And he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around ▼▼Lit by way of
on the outside to the outer gate, by the way facing east. And behold, water was spurting out from the south side. 3 When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand ▼▼Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
cubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles. 4Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the ▼▼Lit loins
hips. 5Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ▼▼Lit cross
wade across, because the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a griver that could not be crossed by wading. 6And he said to me, “Son of man, have you hseen this?” Then he brought me ▼▼Lit and caused me to return
back to the bank of the river. 7Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many jtrees 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 kArabah; then they go toward the ▼▼I.e., Dead Sea
sea, being made to flow into the msea, and the waters of the sea become ▼▼Lit healed
fresh. 9And it will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the ▼▼Lit two rivers
river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the others ▼▼Lit are healed
become fresh; so qeverything will live where the river goes. 10And it will come about that rfishermen will stand beside it; from sEngedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the tspreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the uGreat Sea, vvery many. 11But its swamps and marshes will not become ▼▼Lit healed
fresh; they will be ▼▼Lit given
left for ysalt. 12And zby the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of aatrees for food. Their ableaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their acleaves for healing.” Boundaries and Division of the Land
13 This is what the Lord ▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
God says: “This shall be the aeboundary by which you shall divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two afportions. 14And you shall divide it for an inheritance, each one ▼▼Lit like his brother
equally with the other; for I ▼▼Lit lifted up My hand
aiswore to give it to your forefathers, and this land shall fall to you ▼▼Lit in
as an inheritance. 15 “And this shall be the boundary of the land: on the aknorth side, from the Great Sea by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of ▼▼As in MT; LXX Hamath, Zedad; cf. 48:1
amZedad; 16 ▼▼Or LXX Berothah
aoHamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of apDamascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran. 17The boundary shall ▼▼Lit be
extend from the sea to arHazar-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 aseast side, from between Hauran, Damascus, atGilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the auJordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side. 19 “The avsouth side toward the south shall extend from awTamar as far as the waters of axMeribath-kadesh, to the aybrook of Egypt and to the azGreat Sea. This is the south side toward the south. 20 “And the bawest side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite ▼▼Or the entrance of Hamath
bcLebo-hamath. This is the west side. 21 “So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22You shall divide it by bdlot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the bestrangers who stay 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 bfinheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23And in the tribe with which the stranger resides, there you shall give him his inheritance,” declares the Lord God.
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