47:1-12
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.
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.
Then the brass man [1] brought me to the door of the house,
where I saw water flowing under the door.
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.
He measured the stream to be 1000 cubits long,
and told me to wade through the water, which was ankle-deep.
4Again 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.
He measured the stream again, and again it was 1000 cubits.
This time, though, the water was up to my loins.
5Afterward 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.
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.
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.
He measured it again,
but the water was too deep to cross.
8Then 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.
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.
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.
He said to me,
These waters go to the sea and will be healed.
11But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed;
they shall be given to salt.
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.
But the marshes will not be healed.
They'll be salty.
47:13-23
13Thus 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.
God said,
This is how to divide the land. [2]
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.
Treat the strangers that live among you as citizens of Israel. [3]