Ezekiel 47
The Healing Waters
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Afterward he brought me again unto the
door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the
threshold of the house eastward: Zech. 14.8 · Joh. 7.38 · Rev. 22.1 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.
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Then brought he me out of the way of the
gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the outer gate
by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters
on the right side.
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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.
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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.
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Afterward 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.
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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.
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Now when I had returned, behold, at the
bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on
the other.
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Then 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.
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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.
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And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Enge'di even unto En-eg'la-im;
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.
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But the miry places thereof and the
marshes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to
salt.
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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.
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The Borders and
Divisions of the Land |
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Thus 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.
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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.
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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;
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Hamath, Ber'othah, Sibra'im, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath:
Ha'zar-hat'ticon, which is by the coast of Hau'ran.
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And the border from the sea shall be
Ha'zar-e'nan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and
the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
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And the east side ye shall measure from
Hau'ran, and from Damascus, and from Gil'e-ad, and from the land of
Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
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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.
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The west side also shall be the
great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
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So shall ye divide this land unto you
according to the tribes of Israel.
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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.
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And it shall come to pass, that in
what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
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