Waters from Under the Temple
1 He brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and water was flowing out from under the threshold of the house facing east, for the front of the temple faced toward the east. The waters came down from underneath, from the right side of the temple, on the south side of the altar. 2 Then he brought me out by the way of the gate facing north and led me around by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of the gate that faces toward the east. Waters ran out on the right side.
3 When the man went out heading east with the line in his hand, he measured 500 yards, and he had me pass through the ankle-high waters. 4 Again he measured 500 yards, and had me pass through knee-high waters. Again he measured 500 yards and had me pass through waist-high waters. 5 Afterward he measured 500 yards, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be walked through.
6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen?”
Then he had me return to the bank of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, on the bank of the river were an abundance of trees on both sides. 8 Then he said to me, “These waters flow out toward the eastern region and will go down into the Arabah. Then they will go toward the sea. When it empties into the sea, the water becomes fresh water. 9 It will happen, that wherever the river is flowing, swarms of living creatures will live. Then there will be a great multitude of fish, for these waters have come there, and the waters of the sea will be made fresh, and everything will live wherever the river flows.
10 It will happen, that fishermen will stand by it. From En Gedi to En Eglaim will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the great sea, a great many. 11 But the miry places of it and its marshes will not be healed. They will be given up to salt. 12 By the river on both sides of its bank, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf will not wither, nor will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month because its water flows out from the sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food and its leaf for healing.”
The Borders of the Land
13 The Lord God says: “This shall be the border, by which you shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions. 14 You shall inherit it, one as well as another, for I swore to give it to your fathers. This land will fall to you as an inheritance.
15 This shall be the border of the land: “On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad; 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. 17 The border from the sea, shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north, the border of Hamath is northward. This is the north side.
18 The east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the east sea you shall measure. This is the east side.
19 The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea. This is the south side, southward.
20 The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
21 So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22 It will happen, that you shall divide it by lot as an inheritance to you and to the foreigners who live among you, who will father children among you. Then they shall be to you like the native-born among the Israelites. They shall have an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23 It shall happen, that in whatever tribe the foreigner lives, there you shall give him his inheritance,” says the Lord God.