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Text -- Ezekiel 47:6-23 (NET)
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47:6 He said to me, “Son of man , have you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river .
47:7 When I had returned , I noticed a vast number of trees on the banks of the river , on both sides .
47:8 He said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the Arabah ; when they enter the Dead Sea , where the sea is stagnant , the waters become fresh .
47:9 Every living creature which swarms where the river flows will live ; there will be many fish , for these waters flow there . It will become fresh and everything will live where the river flows .
47:10 Fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to En-eglaim they will spread nets . They will catch many kinds of fish , like the fish of the Great Sea .
47:11 But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty .
47:12 On both sides of the river’s banks , every kind of tree will grow for food . Their leaves will not wither nor will their fruit fail , but they will bear fruit every month , because their water source flows from the sanctuary . Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing .”
Boundaries for the Land
47:13 This is what the sovereign Lord says : “Here are the borders you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel . (Joseph will have two portions .)
47:14 You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers ; this land will be assigned as your inheritance .
47:15 “This will be the border of the land : On the north side , from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad ;
47:16 Hamath , Berothah , Sibraim , which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath , as far as Hazer-hattikon , which is on the border of Hauran .
47:17 The border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan , at the border of Damascus , and on the north is the border of Hamath . This is the north side .
47:18 On the east side , between Hauran and Damascus , and between Gilead and the land of Israel , will be the Jordan . You will measure from the border to the eastern sea . This is the east side .
47:19 On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh , the river , to the Great Sea . This is the south side .
47:20 On the west side the Great Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo-hamath . This is the west side .
47:21 “This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel .
47:22 You must allot it as an inheritance among yourselves and for the foreigners who reside among you, who have fathered sons among you. You must treat them as native-born among the people of Israel ; they will be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel .
47:23 In whatever tribe the foreigner resides , there you will give him his inheritance ,” declares the sovereign Lord .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
DEAD SEA, THE |
Temple |
Vision |
NUMBER |
Ezekiel |
River |
Hamath |
Hauran |
Canaan |
EZEKIEL, 1 |
Jesus, The Christ |
Mediterranean Sea |
Gospel |
Church |
Dead Sea |
Ezekiel, Book of |
Fish |
SHEPHAM |
Hethlon |
Zedad |
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