Ezekiel 47

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 toward the east. The waters came down from underneath, from the right side of the temple, on the south of the altar.Cross-references: Ps 46:4 · Isa 2:3 · Isa 30:25 · Isa 55:1 · Jer 2:13 · Ezek 41:2 · +8 more

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 toward the east. Behold, waters ran out on the right side.Cross-references: Ezek 44:2 · Ezek 44:4

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.Cross-references: Ezek 40:3 · Zech 2:1 · Luke 24:49 · Acts 2:4 · Acts 2:33 · Acts 10:45 · +3 more

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.Cross-references: Acts 19:10 · Rom 15:19 · Col 1:6

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.Cross-references: Isa 11:9 · Dan 2:34 · Hab 2:14 · Matt 13:31 · Rev 7:9 · Rev 11:15 · +1 more

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.Cross-references: Jer 1:11 · Ezek 8:6 · Ezek 8:17 · Ezek 40:4 · Ezek 44:5 · Zech 4:2 · +2 more

7Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.Cross-references: Gen 2:9 · 1Ki 9:26 · 2Ki 2:13 · Ezek 47:12 · Rev 22:2

8Then 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 and flow into the sea which will be made to flow out; and the waters will be healed.Cross-references: Deut 3:17 · Deut 4:49 · Josh 3:16 · 2Ki 2:19 · Isa 11:6 · Isa 35:1 · +8 more

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.Cross-references: Ex 15:26 · Ps 78:16 · Ps 103:3 · Isa 12:3 · Isa 30:26 · Isa 49:12 · +21 more

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.Cross-references: Num 34:6 · Josh 15:62 · Josh 23:4 · 1Sam 23:29 · 2Chr 20:2 · Ps 104:25 · +10 more

11But its swamps and marshes will not be healed. They will be given up to salt.Cross-references: Deut 29:23 · Judg 9:45 · Ps 107:34 · Jer 17:6 · Mark 9:48 · Heb 6:4 · +4 more

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.”Cross-references: Gen 2:9 · Job 8:16 · Ps 1:3 · Ps 92:12 · Isa 1:6 · Isa 60:21 · +5 more

13The Lord Yahweh 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.Cross-references: Gen 48:5 · Gen 49:26 · Num 34:2 · 1Chr 5:1 · Jer 3:18 · Jer 31:1 · +1 more

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.Cross-references: Gen 12:7 · Gen 13:15 · Gen 15:7 · Gen 17:8 · Gen 26:3 · Gen 28:13 · +8 more

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;Cross-references: Num 34:8 · Ezek 48:1

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.Cross-references: Gen 14:15 · Num 13:21 · Num 34:8 · 2Sam 8:8 · 1Ki 8:65 · 1Chr 18:5 · +5 more

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.Cross-references: Num 34:9 · Ezek 48:1

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.Cross-references: Gen 13:10 · Gen 31:23 · Gen 31:47 · Num 32:1 · Judg 10:8 · Job 40:23

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.Cross-references: Num 20:13 · Num 34:5 · Deut 32:51 · Deut 33:8 · Josh 12:3 · Ps 81:7 · +2 more

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.Cross-references: Num 34:6 · Ezek 48:1

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 among you, who will father children among you. Then they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Israel. They shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.Cross-references: Num 26:55 · Isa 14:1 · Isa 56:6 · Ezek 47:13 · Acts 2:5 · Acts 11:18 · +8 more

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