47:1 And he brought me to the entrance of
the house; and, behold, water issued from under the porch eastward, for the
front of the house looked eastward; and the water came down from the right
side, from the south to the altar.
47:2 And he brought me out by the way of the northern gate, and he led me
round by the way outside to the gate of the court that looks eastward; and,
behold, water came down from the right side,
47:3 in [the direction] in which a man went forth opposite; and [there was]
a measuring line in his hand, and he measured a thousand [cubits] with the
measure;
47:4 and he passed through the water; [it was] water of a fountain: and
[again] he measured a thousand, and passed through the water; and the water
was up to the thighs: and [again] he measured a thousand; and he passed
through water up to the loins.
47:5 and [again] he measured a thousand; and he could not pass through: for
[the water] rose as of a torrent which [men] cannot pass over.
47:6 And he said to me, Hast thou seen [this], son of man? Then he brought
me, and led me back to the brink of the river
47:7 as I returned; and, behold, on the brink of the river [there were] very
many trees on this side and on that side.
47:8 And he said to me, This is the water that goes forth to Galilee that
lies eastward, and it is gone down to Arabia, and has reached as far as to
the sea to the outlet of the water: and it shall heal the waters.
47:9 And it shall come to pass, [that] every animal of living [and] moving
creatures, all on which the river shall come, shall live: and there shall be
there very many fish; for this water shall go thither, and it shall heal
[them], and they shall live: everything on which the river shall come shall
live.
47:10 And fishers shall stand there from Ingadin to Enagallim; it shall be a
place to spread out nets upon; it shall be distinct; and the fishes thereof
[shall be] as the fishes of the great sea, a very great multitude.
47:11 But at the outlet of the water, and the turn of it, and where it
overflows [its banks], they shall not heal at all; they are given to salt.
47:12 And every fruit tree shall grow by the river, [even] on the bank of it
on this side and on that side: they shall not decay upon it, neither shall
their fruit fail: they shall bring forth the first-fruit of their early
crop, for these their waters come forth of the sanctuary: and their fruit
shall be for meat, and their foliage for health.
47:13 Thus saith Yehovah Elohim; Ye shall inherit these borders of the land;
[they are] given by lot to the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
47:14 And ye shall inherit it, each according to his brother's portion,
[even the land] concerning which I lifted up my hand to give [it] to your
fathers: and this land shall fall to you by lot.
47:15 And these are the borders of the land that lies northward, from the
great sea that comes down, and divides the entrance of Emaseldam;
47:16 Maabthera, Ebrameliam, between the coasts of Damascus and the coasts
of Emathi, the habitation of Saunan, which [places] are above the coasts of
Auranitis.
47:17 These are the borders from the sea, from the habitations of Aenan, the
coasts of Damascus, and the northern [coasts].
47:18 And the eastern coasts between Loranitis, and Damascus, and the land
of Galaad, and the land of Israel, the Jordan divides to the sea that is
east of the city of palm-trees. These are the eastern [coasts].
47:19 And the southern and south-western [coasts are] from Thaeman and the
city of palm-trees, to the water of Marimoth Cadem, reaching forth to the
great sea. This part is the south and south-west.
47:20 This part of the great sea forms a border, till [one comes] opposite
the entrance of Emath, [even] as far as the entrance thereof. These are the
parts west of Emath.
47:21 So ye shall divide this land to them, [even] to the tribes of Israel.
47:22 Ye shall cast the lot upon it, for yourselves and the strangers that
sojourn in the midst of you, who have begotten children in the midst of you:
and they shall be to you as natives among the children of Israel; they shall
eat with you in [their] inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
47:23 And they shall be in the tribe of proselytes among the proselytes that
are with them: there shall ye give them an inheritance, saith Yehovah Elohim. |
47:1 Afterward he brought me again unto the
door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold
of the house eastward: 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.
47:2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me
about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward;
and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
47:3 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.
47:4 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.
47:5 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.
47:6 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.
47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very
many trees on the one side and on the other.
47:8 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.
47:9 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.
47:10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from
Engedi even unto Eneglaim; 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.
47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be
healed; they shall be given to salt.
47:12 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.
47:13 Thus saith Yehovah GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall
inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have
two portions.
47:14 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.
47:15 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;
47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and
the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
47:17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of
Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the
north side.
47:18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and
from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the
east sea. And this is the east side.
47:19 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.
47:20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man
come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
47:21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of
Israel.
47:22 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.
47:23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth,
there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith Yehovah GOD. |