1And he brought me back 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 was toward the east ); and the waters came down from under , from the right side of the house , on the south of the altar . 2Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward , and led me round by the way without unto the outer gate , by the way of the gate that looketh toward the east ; and , behold , there ran out waters on the right side . 3When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand , he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters , waters that were to the ankles. 4Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters , waters that were to the knees . Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters , waters that were to the loins . 5Afterward he measured a thousand; and 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 . 6And he said unto me , Son of man , hast thou seen this ? Then he brought me , and caused me to return to the bank of the river . 7Now when I had returned , behold , upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other . 8Then said he unto me , These waters issue forth toward the eastern region , and shall go down into the Arabah ; and they shall go toward the sea ; into the sea shall the waters go which were made to issue forth ; and the waters shall be healed . 9And it shall come to pass , that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come , shall live ; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish ; for these waters are come thither , and the waters of the sea shall be healed , and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh. 10And it shall come to pass , that fishers shall stand by it : from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets ; their fish shall be after their kinds , as the fish of the great sea , exceeding many . 11But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed ; they shall be given up to salt . 12And by the river upon the bank thereof , on this side and on that side , shall grow every tree for food , whose leaf shall not wither , neither shall the fruit thereof fail : it shall bring forth new fruit every month , because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary ; and the fruit thereof shall be for food , and the leaf thereof for healing .
The Healing of the Waters
13Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : This shall be the border , whereby ye shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel : Joseph shall have two portions . 14And ye shall inherit it , one as well as another; for I sware to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance . 15And this shall be the border of the land : On the north side , from the great sea , by the way of Hethlon , unto the entrance of Zedad ; 16Hamath , Berothah , Sibraim , which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath ; Hazer-hatticon , which is by the border of Hauran . 17And the 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 . 18And the east side , between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead , and the land of Israel , shall be the Jordan ; from the north border , unto the east sea shall ye measure . This is the east side . 19And the south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt , unto the great sea . This is the south side southward . 20And the west side shall be the great sea , from the south border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath . This is the west side . 21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel . 22And 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 ; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel . 23And it shall come to pass , that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth , there shall ye give him his inheritance , saith the Lord Jehovah .