“1 Afterward he brought me again 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 [stood toward] the east, and
the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the
south [side] of the altar. 2 Then brought he me out of the way of the
gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by
the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the
right side. 3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth
eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the
waters; the waters [were] to the ankles. 4 Again he measured a thousand,
and brought me through the waters; the waters [were] to the knees. Again
he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters [were] to the
loins. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; [and it was] a river that I
could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a
river that could not be passed over. 6 And he said unto me, Son of man,
hast thou seen [this]? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to
the brink of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank
of the river [were] very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country,
and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: [which being] brought
forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to
pass, [that] every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the
rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude
of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be
healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. 10 And it
shall come to pass, [that] the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi
even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a [place] to spread forth nets; their
fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea,
exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof
shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. 12 And by the river
upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all
trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit
thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his
months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the
fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.”
“13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This [shall be] the border, whereby ye
shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph
[shall have two] portions. 14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as
another: [concerning] the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto
your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. 15 And
this [shall be] the border of the land toward the north side, from the
great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 16 Hamath, Berothah,
Sibraim, which [is] between the border of Damascus and the border of
Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which [is] by the coast of Hauran. 17 And the
border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the
north northward, and the border of Hamath. And [this is] the north side.
18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus,
and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel [by] Jordan, from the
border unto the east sea. And [this is] the east side. 19 And the south
side southward, from Tamar [even] to the waters of strife [in] Kadesh,
the river to the great sea. And [this is] the south side southward. 20
The west side also [shall be] the great sea from the border, till a man
come over against Hamath. This [is] the west side. 21 So shall ye divide
this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. 22 And 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, which shall beget
children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country
among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among
the tribes of Israel. 23 And it shall come to pass, [that] in what tribe
the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give [him] his inheritance,
saith the Lord GOD.” (Ezekiel 47:1-23 AV)
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