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There I saw a stream flowing east from beneath the door of the Temple and passing to the right of the altar on its south side. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The man brought me outside the wall through the north gateway and led me around to the eastern entrance. There I could see the water flowing out through the south side of the east gateway.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Measuring as he went, he took me along the stream for 1,750 feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> and then led me across. The water was up to my ankles. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He measured off another 1,750 feet and led me across again. This time the water was up to my knees. After another 1,750 feet, it was up to my waist. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then he measured another 1,750 feet, and the river was too deep to walk across. It was deep enough to swim in, but too deep to walk through.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He asked me, “Have you been watching, son of man?” Then he led me back along the riverbank. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then he said to me, “This river flows east through the desert into the valley of the Dead Sea.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> The waters of this stream will make the salty waters of the Dead Sea fresh and pure. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will become fresh. Life will flourish wherever this water flows. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Fishermen will stand along the shores of the Dead Sea. All the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim, the shores will be covered with nets drying in the sun. Fish of every kind will fill the Dead Sea, just as they fill the Mediterranean.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will still be salty. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing.”</p><p class="hdg">Boundaries for 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 LORD says: “Divide the land in this way for the twelve tribes of Israel: The descendants of Joseph will be given two shares of land.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Otherwise each tribe will receive an equal share. I took a solemn oath and swore that I would give this land to your ancestors, and it will now come to you as your possession.</p><p class="b"/><p class="pmo"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“These are the boundaries of the land: The northern border will run from the Mediterranean toward Hethlon, then on through Lebo-hamath to Zedad; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>then it will run to Berothah and Sibraim,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> which are on the border between Damascus and Hamath, and finally to Hazer-hatticon, on the border of Hauran. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So the northern border will run from the Mediterranean to Hazar-enan, on the border between Hamath to the north and Damascus to the south.</p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“The eastern border starts at a point between Hauran and Damascus and runs south along the Jordan River between Israel and Gilead, past the Dead Sea<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> and as far south as Tamar.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> This will be the eastern border.</p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“The southern border will go west from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a> and then follow the course of the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean. This will be the southern border.</p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“On the west side, the Mediterranean itself will be your border from the southern border to the point where the northern border begins, opposite Lebo-hamath.</p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Divide the land within these boundaries among the tribes of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Distribute the land as an allotment for yourselves and for the foreigners who have joined you and are raising their families among you. They will be like native-born Israelites to you and will receive an allotment among the tribes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/47-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>These foreigners are to be given land within the territory of the tribe with whom they now live. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">47:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">1,000 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [530 meters]; also in 47:4, 5.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">47:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the sea.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">47:9 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">of these two rivers flow.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">47:10 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the Great Sea;</span><span class="ft"> also in 47:15, 17, 19, 20.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">47:13 </span><span class="ft">It was important to retain twelve portions of land. Since Levi had no portion, the descendants of Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, received land as two tribes.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">47:15-16 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Masoretic Text reads </span><span class="it">then on through Lebo to Zedad;</span><span class="ft"> </span><span class="fv">16</span><span class="it">then it will run to Hamath, Berothah, and Sibraim.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">47:18a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the eastern sea.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">47:18b </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">you will measure.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">47:19 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">waters of Meribath-kadesh.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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