The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezekiel 47
1 He brought me back to the door of
the temple; and behold, waters flowed out
from under the threshold of the temple
eastward, for the front of the temple faced
toward the east. The waters came down
from underneath, from the right side of
the temple, on the south of the altar.
2 Then he brought me out by the way of
the gate northward, and led me around by
the way outside to the outer gate, by the
way of the gate that looks toward the east.
Behold, waters ran out on the right side.
3 When the man went out eastward with
the line in his hand, he measured one
thousand cubits,† and he caused me to pass
through the waters, waters that were to
the ankles.
4 Again he measured one thousand, and
caused me to pass through the waters,
waters that were to the knees. Again he
measured one thousand, and caused me to
pass through waters that were to the waist.
5 Afterward he measured one thousand;
and it was a river that I could not pass
through, for the waters had risen, waters
to swim in, a river that could not be walked
through.
6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you
seen this?” Then he brought me and caused me to
return to the bank of the river.
7 Now when I had returned, behold, on
the bank of the river were very many trees
on the one side and on the other.
8 Then he said to me, “These waters flow
out toward the eastern region and will go
down into the Arabah. Then they will go
toward the sea and flow into the sea which
will be made to flow out; and the waters
will be healed.
9 It will happen that every living creature which
swarms, in every place where the rivers come,
will live. Then there will be a very great
multitude of fish; for these waters have come
there, and the waters of the sea will be
healed, and everything will live wherever
the river comes.
10 It will happen that fishermen will
stand by it. From En Gedi even to En
Eglaim will be a place for the spreading of
nets. Their fish will be after their kinds, as
the fish of the great sea, exceedingly many.
11 But its swamps and marshes will not
be healed. They will be given up to salt.
12 By the river banks, on both sides, will
grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t
wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will
produce new fruit every month, because its
waters issue out of the sanctuary. Its fruit
will be for food, and its leaf for healing.”
13 The Lord Yahweh says: “This shall
be the border by which you shall divide
the land for inheritance according to the
twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have
two portions.
14 You shall inherit it, one as well as another;
for I swore to give it to your fathers.
This land will fall to you for inheritance.
15 “This shall be the border of the land:
“On the north side, from the great sea,
by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of
Zedad;
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim (which
is between the border of Damascus and
the border of Hamath), to Hazer Hatticon,
which is by the border of Hauran.
17 The border fromthe sea shall beHazar
Enon at the border of Damascus; and
on the north northward is the border of
Hamath. This is the north side.
18 “The east side, between Hauran, Damascus,
Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall
be the Jordan; from the north border to the
east sea you shall measure. This is the east
side.
19 “The south side southward shall be
from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth
Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea.
This is the south side southward.
20 “The west side shall be the great sea,
from the south border as far as opposite
the entrance of Hamath. This is the west
side.
21 “So you shall divide this land to your
selves according to the tribes of Israel.
22 You shall divide it by lot for an inheritance
to you and to the aliens who
live among you, who will father children
among you. Then they shall be to you
as the native-born among the children of
Israel. They shall have inheritance with
you among the tribes of Israel.
23 In whatever tribe the stranger lives,
there you shall give him his inheritance,”
says the Lord Yahweh.