Ezekiel 47

47The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.H7725H6607H1004H4325H3318H4670H1004H6921H6440H1004H6921H4325H3381H3233H3802H1004H5045H41962He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was trickling from the south side.H3318H1870H8179H6828H5437H1870H2351H8179H1870H6437H6921H6379H4325H3233H38023As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and then led me through water that was ankle-deep.H376H6957H3027H3318H6921H4058H505H520H5674H4325H4325H6574He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist.H4058H505H5674H4325H4325H1290H4058H505H5674H4325H49755He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross.H4058H505H5158H3201H5674H4325H1342H4325H7813H5158H56746He asked me, "Son of man, do you see this?" Then he led me back to the bank of the river.H559H1121H120H7200H3212H7725H8193H51587When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river.H7725H8193H5158H3966H7227H60868He said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh.H559H4325H3318H6930H1552H3381H6160H935H3220H3318H3220H4325H74959Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live.H5315H2416H8317H5158H935H2421H3966H7227H1710H4325H935H7495H2425H5158H93510People will fish along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea.H1728H5975H5975H5872H5882H4894H2764H1710H4327H1710H1419H3220H3966H722711But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.H1207H1360H7495H5414H441712Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing."H5158H8193H5927H6086H3978H5929H5034H6529H8552H1069H2320H4325H3318H4720H6529H3978H5929H864413This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "These are the boundaries of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph.H559H136H3069H1454H1366H5157H776H8147H6240H7626H3478H3130H225614You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with uplifted hand to give it to your ancestors, this land will become your inheritance.H5157H376H251H5375H3027H5414H1H776H5307H515915"This is to be the boundary of the land: "On the north side it will run from the Mediterranean Sea by the Hethlon road past Lebo Hamath to Zedad,H1366H776H6828H6285H1419H3220H1870H2855H935H665716Berothah and Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran.H2574H1268H5453H1366H1834H1366H2574H2694H1366H236217The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.H1366H3220H2703H1366H1834H6828H6828H1366H2574H6828H628518"On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Dead Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.H6921H6285H4058H996H2362H996H1834H996H1568H996H776H3478H3383H1366H6931H3220H6921H628519"On the south side it will run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the southern boundary.H5045H6285H8486H8559H4325H4808H4809H6946H5158H1419H3220H8486H6285H504520"On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This will be the western boundary.H3220H6285H1419H3220H1366H935H5227H2574H3220H628521"You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.H2505H776H7626H347822You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners residing among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.H5307H5159H1616H1481H8432H3205H1121H8432H249H249H1121H3478H5307H5159H8432H7626H347823In whatever tribe foreigners reside, there you are to give them their inheritance," declares the Sovereign LORD.H7626H1616H1481H5414H5159H5002H136H3069