Ezekiel 47:3-23 ▼

3 At the going out of the man to the east, and the line in his hand, he measured a thousand by the cubit; and he brought me through the waters—waters to the ankles.

4 And he measured a thousand, and he brought me through the waters—waters to the knees; and again he measured a thousand, and he brought me through waters to the loins.

5 And he measured a thousand—a river that I was not able to cross; for the waters had risen—waters for swimming, a river that could not be crossed.

6 And he said to me, “Have you seen, son of man?” And he brought me and returned me to the bank of the river.

7 In my returning, behold, along the bank of the river were very many trees, on this side and on this side.

8 And He said to me: “These waters are flowing toward the eastern border, and they go down upon the Arabah and enter the Sea; and having gone out into the sea, its waters are healed.

9 And it will come to pass that every soul living that moves, at every place where the rivers should come there, will live. And there will be a great abundance of fish, because these waters come there, and they will be healed. And will live everything wherever the river comes there.

10 And it will come to pass that fishermen will stand upon it. From En-gedi unto En-eglaim will be a spreading place of nets; their fish will be according to their kind as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many.

11 And its swamps and marshes will still not be healed; they will be given to salt.

12 And alongside the river will come up along the bank, on this side and on this side, every of tree for food; its leaf will not wither, and its fruit will not fail. According to its months it will bear fruit, because its waters, they are flowing from the sanctuary, and its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing.”

13 Thus says the Lord YHWH: “These are the borders by which you⁺ shall divide as an inheritance the land among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have portions,

14 and you⁺ shall divide it one with another, for I lifted up My hand to give it to your⁺ fathers, and this land will fall to you⁺ as an inheritance.

15 And this is the border of the land on the side of the north, from the Great Sea, by the way of Hethlon, through Lebo-hamath to Zedad,

16 Berothah, and Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and between the border of Hamath; Hazar-Hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.

17 And will be the boundary from the Sea to Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus and to the north, to the north, and the border of Hamath. And this is the side to the north.

18 And on the side of the east from between Hauran, and between Damascus, and between Gilead, and between the land of Israel, along the Jordan; from this border to the Eastern Sea as far as Tamar. And this is the side of the east.

19 And the side of the Negev toward the south: From Tamar unto the waters of Meribah Kadesh, along the brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. And this is the side of the Negev toward the south.

20 And on the side of the west, the Great Sea, from the border until over against the coming in Hamath. This is the side of the west.

21 And you⁺ shall divide this land among yourselves, according to the tribes of Israel.

22 And it will come to pass that you⁺ will allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the sojourners who are sojourning in your⁺ midst who give birth to sons in your⁺ midst, and they will be unto you⁺ as a native among the sons of Israel; with you⁺ they shall be allotted an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.

23 And it will come to pass in the tribe with which the sojourner sojourned, that there you⁺ will give his inheritance,” a declaration of the Lord YHWH.