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The
River From the Temple
47:1 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.
47:2 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.
47:3 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.
47:4 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.
47:5 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.
47:6 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.
47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the
river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
47:8 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.
47:9 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.
47:10 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.
47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof
shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
47:12 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.
The Boundaries of the
Land
47:13 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.
47:14 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.
47:15 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;
47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the
border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon,
which is by the coast of Hauran.
47:17 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.
47:18 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.
47:19 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.
47:20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the
border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the
west side.
47:21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to
the tribes of Israel.
47:22 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.
47:23 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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