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. See also: Revelation 22:1 Zechariah 14:8 Joel 3:18 Isaiah 55:1 Ezekiel 47:12
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. See also: Ezekiel 44:2 Ezekiel 44:4
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. See also: Ezekiel 40:3 Zechariah 2:1 Luke 24:49 Acts 2:4 Acts 2:33
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. See also: Colossians 1:6 Romans 15:19 Acts 19:10-20
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. See also: Isaiah 11:9 Habakkuk 2:14 Daniel 2:34-35 Matthew 13:31-32 Revelation 7:9
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. See also: Ezekiel 40:4 Ezekiel 44:5 Jeremiah 1:11-13 Ezekiel 8:6 Ezekiel 8:17
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. See also: Ezekiel 47:12 Revelation 22:2 Genesis 2:9-10 1 Kings 9:26 2 Kings 2:13
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. See also: Joshua 3:16 Deuteronomy 3:17 Deuteronomy 4:49 2 Kings 2:19-22 Isaiah 44:3-5
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. See also: John 7:37-38 John 6:63 Isaiah 55:1 John 4:14 Psalms 78:16
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. See also: Matthew 4:19 Numbers 34:6 Psalms 104:25 2 Chronicles 20:2 Ezekiel 47:15
11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. See also: Deuteronomy 29:23 Revelation 22:11 Judges 9:45 Psalms 107:34 Jeremiah 17:6
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. See also: Revelation 22:2 Psalms 1:3 Jeremiah 17:8 Ezekiel 47:7 Genesis 2:9
13 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. See also: Genesis 48:5 Numbers 34:2-12 Jeremiah 3:18 Ezekiel 48:4-6 1 Chronicles 5:1
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. See also: Genesis 12:7 Ezekiel 20:5-6 Ezekiel 48:29 Genesis 13:15 Genesis 15:7
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; See also: Numbers 34:8 Ezekiel 48:1
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. See also: Numbers 13:21 2 Samuel 8:8 Ezekiel 48:1 Genesis 14:15 Zechariah 9:2
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. See also: Ezekiel 48:1 Numbers 34:9
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. See also: Genesis 13:10 Genesis 31:23 Genesis 31:47 Numbers 32:1 Judges 10:8
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. See also: Deuteronomy 32:51 Ezekiel 48:28 Numbers 20:13 Numbers 34:5 Deuteronomy 33:8
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. See also: Numbers 34:6 Ezekiel 48:1
21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
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. See also: Ephesians 3:6 Colossians 3:11 Acts 11:18 Romans 10:12 Isaiah 56:6-7
23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.