¹He brought me back to the door of the temple ; and behold , waters flowed out from under the threshold of the temple eastward , for the front of the temple faced towards the east . The waters came down from underneath , from the right side of the temple , on the south of the altar .

²Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward , and led me around by the way outside to the outer gate , by the way of the gate that looks towards the east . Behold , waters ran out on the right side .

³When the man went out eastward with the line in his hand , he measured one thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters , waters that were to the ankles.[#47:3 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.]

⁴Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters , waters that were to the knees . Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through waters that were to the waist .

⁵Afterward he measured one thousand; 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 .

⁶He 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 .

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

⁸Then he said to me , “These waters flow out towards the eastern region and will go down into the Arabah . Then they will go towards the sea and flow into the sea which will be made to flow out ; and the waters will be healed .

⁹It will happen that every living creature which swarms , in every place where the rivers come , will live . Then there will be a very great multitude of fish ; for these waters have come there , and the waters of the sea will be healed , and everything will live wherever the river comes .

¹⁰It will happen that fishermen will stand by it . From En Gedi even to En Eglaim will be a place for the spreading of nets . Their fish will be after their kinds , as the fish of the great sea , exceedingly many .

¹¹But its swamps and marshes will not be healed . They will be given up to salt .

¹²By the river banks , on both sides , will grow every tree for food , whose leaf won’t wither , neither will its fruit fail . It will produce new fruit every month , because its waters issue out of the sanctuary . Its fruit will be for food , and its leaf for healing .”

¹³The 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 .

¹⁴You shall inherit it , one as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers. This land will fall to you for 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 ;

¹⁶Hamath , Berothah , Sibraim (which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath ), to Hazer Hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran .

¹⁷The border from the sea shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus ; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath . This is the north side .

¹⁸“The east side , between Hauran , Damascus , 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 to yourselves according to the tribes of Israel .

²²You shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the aliens who live amongst you , who will father children amongst you . Then they shall be to you as the native-born amongst the children of Israel . They shall have inheritance with you amongst the tribes of Israel .

²³In whatever tribe the stranger lives , there you shall give him his inheritance ,” says the Lord GOD .