uSee 1 Sam. 23:29
wSee Josh. 15:12
Psalms 46:4
4 There is aa river whose streams make glad bthe city of God,the holy chabitation of the Most High.
Ezekiel 47:1-12
Water Flowing from the Temple
1Then he brought me back to dthe door of the temple, and behold, ewater was issuing from below fthe threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of gthe altar. 2Then he brought me out by way of hthe north gate and led me around on the outside to ithe outer gate that faces toward the east; and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side.3Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, jthe man measured a thousand cubits, ▼
▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep. 4Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was waist-deep. 5Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. 6And he said to me, l“Son of man, mhave you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river nvery many trees on the one side and on the other. 8And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into othe Arabah, and enters the sea; ▼
▼That is, the Dead Sea
when the water flows into qthe sea, the water will become fresh. ▼▼Hebrew will be healed; also verses 9, 11
9And wherever the river goes, ▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Hebrew the two rivers go
every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea ▼▼Hebrew lacks the waters of the sea
may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 10Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From uEngedi to vEneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of wthe Great Sea. ▼▼That is, the Mediterranean Sea; also verses 15, 19, 20
11But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt. 12And on the banks, yon both sides of the river, there will grow zall kinds of trees for food. aaTheir leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, abbut they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and actheir leaves for healing.” Zechariah 14:8
8 adOn that day aeliving waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to afthe eastern sea ▼▼That is, the Dead Sea
and half of them to ahthe western sea. ▼▼That is, the Mediterranean Sea
ajIt shall continue in summer as in winter. Revelation of John 22:1-2
The River of Life
1Then the angel ▼▼Greek he
showed me althe river of amthe water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2through the middle of anthe street of the city; aoalso, on either side of the river, apthe tree of life ▼▼Or the Lamb. In the midst of the street of the city, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life
with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were arfor the healing of the nations.
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