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Ezekiel 47

Water from the Temple

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Then he brought me back to the  adoor of the house; and behold,  bwater was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar.

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He brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around  1on the outside to the outer gate by way of the gate that faces east. And behold, water was trickling from the south side.

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When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles.

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Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the loins.

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Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a  ariver that could not be forded.

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He said to me, "Son of man, have you  aseen this?" Then he brought me  1back to the bank of the river.

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Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many  atrees on the one side and on the other.

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Then he said to me, "These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the  aArabah; then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the  bsea, and the waters of the sea become  1fresh.

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"It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the  1river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the others  2become fresh; so  aeverything will live where the river goes.

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"And it will come about that  afishermen will stand beside it; from  bEngedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the  cspreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the  dGreat Sea,  every many.

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"But its swamps and marshes will not become  1fresh; they will be  2left for  asalt.

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aBy the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of  btrees for food. Their  cleaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their  dleaves for healing."

Boundaries and Division of the Land

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Thus says the Lord  1GOD, "This shall be the  aboundary by which you shall divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two  bportions.

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"You shall divide it for an inheritance, each one  1equally with the other; for I  2 aswore to give it to your forefathers, and this land shall fall to you  3as an inheritance.

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"This shall be the boundary of the land: on the  anorth side, from the Great Sea by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of  1 bZedad;

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 1 aHamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of  bDamascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.

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"The boundary shall  1extend from the sea to  aHazar-enan at the border of Damascus, and on the north toward the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

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"The  aeast side, from between Hauran, Damascus,  bGilead and the land of Israel, shall be the  cJordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

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"The  asouth side toward the south shall extend from  bTamar as far as the waters of  cMeribath-kadesh, to the  dbrook of Egypt and to the  eGreat Sea. This is the south side toward the south.

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"The  awest side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite  1 bLebo-hamath. This is the west side.

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"So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.

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"You shall divide it by  alot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the  baliens who stay in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel; they shall be allotted an  cinheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

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"And in the tribe with which the alien stays, there you shall give him his inheritance," declares the Lord GOD.



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