Afterward
he brought me again unto the door of the house;
and, behold, waters issued out from under the
threshold of the house eastward: for the
forefront of the house stood toward the east, and
the waters came down from under from the right
side of the house, at the south side of the
altar.
02 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate
northward, and led me about the way without unto
the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward;
and, behold, there ran out waters on the right
side.
03 And when the man that had the line in his hand
went forth eastward, he measured a thousand
cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the
waters were to the ankles.
04 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me
through the waters; the waters were to the knees.
Again he measured a thousand, and brought me
through; the waters were to the loins.
05 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a
river that I could not pass over: for the waters
were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could
not be passed over.
06 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou
seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to
return to the brink of the river.
07 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank
of the river were very many trees on the one side
and on the other.
08 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out
toward the east country, and go down into the
desert, and go into the sea: which being brought
forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
09 And it shall come to pass, that every thing
that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the
rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be
a very great multitude of fish, because these
waters shall come thither: for they shall be
healed; and every thing shall live whither the
river cometh.
10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers
shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto
Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth
nets; their fish shall be according to their
kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding
many.
11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes
thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given
to salt.
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12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on
this side and on that side, shall grow all trees
for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither
shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall
bring forth new fruit according to his months,
because their waters they issued out of the
sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for
meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
13 Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the
border, whereby ye shall inherit the land
according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph
shall have two portions.
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as
another: concerning the which I lifted up mine
hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land
shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15 And this shall be the border of the land
toward the north side, from the great sea, the
way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between
the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath;
Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
17 And the border from the sea shall be
Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north
northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is
the north side.
18 And the east side ye shall measure from
Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and
from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the
border unto the east sea. And this is the east
side.
19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even
to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to
the great sea. And this is the south side
southward.
20 The west side also shall be the great sea from
the border, till a man come over against Hamath.
This is the west side.
21 So shall ye divide this land unto you
according to the tribes of Israel.
22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall
divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and
to the strangers that sojourn among you, which
shall beget children among you: and they shall be
unto you as born in the country among the
children of Israel; they shall have inheritance
with you among the tribes of Israel.
23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe
the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him
his inheritance, saith the Lord God.
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