Ezekiel 47

Revised Geneva Translation

47 Afterward, he brought me to the door of the House. And behold, waters came out from under the threshold of the House, eastward (for the front of the House faced east). And the waters ran down from under the right side of the House, on the south side of the Altar.

² Then he brought me out toward the North gate and led me around by the outside, into the outer gate, by the way that turns eastward. And behold, there came forth waters on the right side.

³ And when the man who 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).

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).

⁵ Afterward, he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass over; for the waters had risen, the waters flowed as a river that could not be passed over.

⁶ And 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.

⁷ Now, when I turned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on one side and on the other.

⁸ Then he said to me, “These waters come out toward the east country, and run down into the plain, and shall go into one sea. They shall run into the sea and the waters shall be wholesome.

⁹ “And everything that lives which moves, wherever the rivers shall go, shall live. And there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall go there. For they shall be wholesome, and everything shall live where the river goes.

¹⁰ “And then the fishers shall stand upon it, from En Gedi to En Eglaim, they shall spread out their nets. Their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the main sea, exceedingly many.

¹¹ “But its swampy places, and its marshes, shall not be wholesome. They shall be made salt pits.

¹² “And by this river, upon its banks, on this side and on that side, shall grow all fruitful trees, whose leaf shall not fade, nor shall its fruit fail. It shall bring forth new fruit according to its months, because their waters run out of the Sanctuary. And its fruit shall be food, and its leaf shall be for medicine.”

¹³ Thus says the Lord GOD: “This shall be the border by which you shall inherit the land, according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

¹⁴ “And you shall inherit it, one as well as the other, concerning which I lifted up My Hand to give to your fathers. And this land shall fall to you for an inheritance.

¹⁵ “And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side: from the main sea toward Hethlon, as men go to Zedad —

¹⁶ Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim — which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, Hazar and Hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.

¹⁷ “And the border from the sea shall be Hazar, Enan, the border of Damascus, the rest of the North northward, and the border of Hamath. So shall be the North part.

¹⁸ “But you shall measure the east side from Hauran and from Damascus and from Gilead and from the land of Israel by Jordan (from the border to the East Sea). And so shall be the East part.

¹⁹ “And the south side shall be toward Teman, from Tamar to the waters of Meriboth in Kadesh and the river to the main sea. So shall be the South part, toward Teman.

²⁰ “Also, the border of the West part shall be the Great Sea, until a man comes opposite Hamath. This shall be the West part.

²¹ “So shall you divide this land to you, according to the tribes of Israel.

²² “And you shall divide it by lot, for an inheritance to you and to the strangers who dwell among you, who shall beget children among you. And they shall be to you as those born in the country among the children of Israel. They shall divide inheritance with you in the midst of the tribes of Israel.

²³ “And in whatever tribe the stranger dwells, there shall you give him his inheritance,” says the Lord GOD.