1 A nd he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the front of the house was eastward. And the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, south of the altar.

2 A nd he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round outside unto the outer gate towards that looketh eastward; and behold, waters ran out on the right side.

3 W hen the man went forth eastward, a line was in his hand; and he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters: the waters were to the ankles.

4 A nd he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters: the waters were to the knees. And he measured a thousand and caused me to pass through: the waters were to the loins.

5 A nd he measured a thousand: it was a river that I could not pass through, for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.

6 A nd he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen ? And he led me, and brought me back to the bank of the river.

7 W hen I returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

8 A nd he said unto me, These waters issue out toward the east district, and go down into the plain, and go into the sea; when they are brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

9 A nd it shall come to pass that every living thing which moveth, whithersoever the double river shall come, shall live. And there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters shall come thither, and shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh.

10 A nd it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand upon it; from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be to spread forth nets: their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

11 B ut its marshes and its pools shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.

12 A nd by the river, upon its bank, on the one side and on the other, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, nor their fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, for its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

13 T hus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border whereby ye shall allot the land as inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph portions.

14 A nd ye shall inherit it, one as well as another, concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers; and this land shall fall to you for inheritance.

15 A nd this shall be the border of the land: toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Zedad,

16 H amath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.

17 A nd the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath: this is the north side.

18 — And on the east side ye shall measure between Hauran and Damascus, and Gilead and the land of Israel the Jordan, from the border unto the east sea: this is the east side.

19 — And the south side southward, from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, by the torrent, unto the great sea: this is the south side southward.

20 — And the west side shall be the great sea from the border, as far as over against the entering into Hamath: this is the west side.

21 A nd ye shall divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.

22 A nd 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, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel: with you shall they draw by lot inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

23 A nd it shall come to pass that in the tribe in which the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give his inheritance, saith the Lord Jehovah.