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Ezekiel 47 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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The River of Yahweh’s House

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:1 -

Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:2 - He brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around by way of 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 [fn]one thousand cubits, and he had me pass through the water, water reaching the ankles.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - Again he measured one thousand and had me pass through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured one thousand and had me pass through the water, water reaching the loins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:5 - Again he measured one thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had become highenough water to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6 - And he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led and returned me back to the bank of the river.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:7 - When I had returned, now behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:8 - Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah; then they go toward the sea, being made to flow out to the sea, and the waters of the sea [fn]will be healed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9 - “And it will be that every living creature, which swarms in every place where the [fn]river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the other waters [fn]are healed; so everything will live where the river goes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:10 - “And it will be that fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea, very many.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:11 - “But its marshes and swamps will not be [fn]healed; they will be [fn]left for salt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - “And by the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not [fn]fail. They will bear every month because their water flows out from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”

Apportionment of the Land

(cf. Num 34:1–12 )
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Thus says Lord Yahweh, “This shall be the boundary by which you shall apportion the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two portions.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:14 - “You shall then apportion it for an inheritance, each one [fn]equally with the other; for I [fn]swore to give it to your fathers, and this land shall fall to you [fn]as an inheritance.
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“This shall be the boundary of the land: on the north side, from the Great Sea by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of [fn]Zedad;

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:16 - [fn]Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17 - “And the boundary shall be from the sea to Hazar-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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“And the east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

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“And the south side toward the south shall extend from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt and to the Great Sea. This is the south side toward the south.

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“And the west side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite [fn]Lebo-hamath. This is the west side.

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

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:22 - “And it will be that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the sojourners who sojourn 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 inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:23 - “And it will be that in the tribe with which the sojourner sojourns, there you shall give him his inheritance,” declares Lord Yahweh.
LSB Footnotes
Approx. 500 yd. or 450 m
Fresh
Lit two rivers
Fresh
Fresh
Lit given
Lit come to an end
Lit like his brother
Lit lifted up My hand
Lit in
Or Hamath
Or Zedad
Or the entrance of Hamath
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