{Eze 47:1-48:35, 29:17-30:19; 2Ki 25:27-30; Jer 52:31-34 ^**}

    ^47:1 And he brought me back to the door of the house. And behold, waters went forth out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the forefront of the house was toward the east. And the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.

    ^47:2 Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward and led me round by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looks toward the east. And behold, waters ran out on the right side.

    ^47:3 When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles. ^47:4 Again he measured a thousand and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the loins. ^47:5 Afterward he measured a thousand and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the waters have risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. ^47:6And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he brought me and caused me to return to the bank of the river.

    ^47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. ^47:8 Then he said to me, These waters go forth toward the eastern region and will go down into the Arabah. And they will go toward the sea, into the sea which were made to go forth and the waters will be healed. ^47:9 And it will happen, that every living creature which swarms, in every place where the rivers come, will live. And there will be a very great multitude of fish (for these waters have come there) and will be healed. And everything will live wherever the river comes. ^47:10 And it will happen, that fishermen will stand by it. From En-gedi even to En-eglaim will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, very many.^47:11 But the miry places of it and the marshes of it, will not be healed. They will be given up to salt. ^47:12And every tree will grow for food by the river upon the bank of it, on this side and on that side, whose leaf will not wither, nor will the fruit of it fail. It will bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters of it goes forth out of the sanctuary. And the fruit of it will be for food and the leaf of it for healing.

    ^47:13 The Lord Jehovah says thus: This will be the border by which you^* will divide the land for an inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph will have two portions. ^47:14 And you^* will inherit it, one as well as another, for I swore to give it to your^* fathers. And this land will fall to you^* for an inheritance.

    ^47:15 And this will be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad, ^47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran. ^47:17 And the border from the sea, will be Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side. ^47:18 And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead and the land of Israel, will be the Jordan, from the north border to the east sea you^* will measure. This is the east side. ^47:19 And the south side southward will be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the great sea. This is the south side southward. ^47:20 And the west side will be the great sea, from the south border as far as opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.

    ^47:21 So you^* will divide this land to you^* according to the tribes of Israel. ^47:22 And it will happen, that you^* will divide it by lot for an inheritance to you^* and to the strangers who journey among you^*, who will beget sons among you^*. And they will be to you^* as the home-born among the sons of Israel; they will have inheritance with you^* among the tribes of Israel. ^47:23 And it will happen, that in what tribe the stranger travels, there you^* will give him his inheritance, says the Lord Jehovah.