Ezekiel 47

¹ Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and there was water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple faced east. The water was flowing down from beneath the right side of the temple, south of the altar.

² Then he led me out by way of the north gate and took me around outside to the outer gate that faces east; and the water was flowing from the right side.

³ When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits and led me through the water: water up to the ankles.

⁴ He measured another thousand and led me through the water: water up to the knees. He measured another thousand and led me through: water up to the waist.

⁵ He measured another thousand: it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen, water deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

⁶ Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man?” Then he led me and brought me back to the bank of the river.

⁷ When I returned, I looked, and there were very many trees on the bank of the river, on both sides.

⁸ Then he said to me, “These waters flow out toward the eastern region, go down to the Arabah, and enter the sea; when they enter the sea, its waters are healed.

⁹ Every living creature that moves, everywhere the river goes, will live; and there will be an abundance of fish, because these waters reach there and the waters are healed. Everything will live wherever the river goes.

¹⁰ Fishermen will stand beside the sea, from En-Gedi to En-Eglaim; there will be places to spread their nets. Their fish will be of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea, in great abundance.

¹¹ But its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be left for salt.

¹² Along the river, on its banks on both sides, every kind of tree that bears food will grow. Its leaves will not wither, and its fruit will not fail; each month they will bear fresh fruit, because its waters flow out from the sanctuary. Its fruit will serve as food, and its leaves as medicine.”

¹³ This is what the Lord GOD says: “This is the boundary by which you are to allot the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph will have two portions.

¹⁴ You will inherit it, each one like his brother. This is the land over which I raised my hand to give it to your ancestors, and this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

¹⁵ This is the boundary of the land. On the north side: from the Great Sea, by way of the road to Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad.

¹⁶ Hamath, Berothah, and Sibraim, which lies between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-Hatticon, which is beside the border of Hauran.

¹⁷ The boundary will run from the sea to Hazar-Enan, at the border of Damascus, with the north side to the north and the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

¹⁸ On the east side: between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land of Israel, the Jordan; you are to measure from the boundary to the eastern sea. This is the east side.

¹⁹ On the south side, toward the south: from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, and along the stream to the Great Sea. This is the south side, toward the south.

²⁰ On the west side: the Great Sea, from the boundary to opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.

²¹ You will divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.

²² You will allot it by lot as an inheritance for yourselves and for the resident foreigners living among you who have fathered children among you; they will be to you like native-born Israelites. They will receive an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

²³ In the tribe where the resident foreigner lives, there you will give him his inheritance, declares the Lord GOD.”

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