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The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 1,700 feet or about 530 meters">a</a></sup></span> and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this?”</p><p class="reg">Then he led me back to the bank of the river. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the Jordan Valley">b</a></sup></span> where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Swarms 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Fishermen will stand 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Fruit 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.”</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Boundaries of the Land</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You 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.</p> <p class="introduction"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“This is to be the boundary of the land:</p><div class="serieslist"><p class="item1">“On the north side it will run from the Mediterranean Sea by the Hethlon road past Lebo Hamath to Zedad, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Berothah <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="See Septuagint and 48:1; Hebrew road to go into Zedad, 16 Hamath, Berothah.">c</a></sup></span> and Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Enon, a variant of Enan">d</a></sup></span> along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“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. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="See Syriac; Hebrew Israel. You will measure to the Dead Sea.">e</a></sup></span> This will be the eastern boundary.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“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.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This will be the western boundary.</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance,” declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 1,700 feet or about 530 meters</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>the Jordan Valley</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">See Septuagint and 48:1; Hebrew <i>road to go into Zedad, <span class="fnref">16</span>Hamath, Berothah</i>.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>Enon,</i> a variant of <i>Enan</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotebot">See Syriac; Hebrew <i>Israel. 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