Ezekiel 47 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
Then he brought me back to the entrance of the and there — water was flowing out from under the threshold, moving east, since the faced east. The water came down from under the south side of the south of the
He led me out through the north and brought me around the outside to the outer that faces east — and there was the water, trickling from the south side.
The man walked east with a measuring line in his hand, measured off a thousand and led me through the water — it was
He measured off another thousand and led me through — the water was He measured another thousand and led me through — it reached the waist.
He measured another thousand — and now it was a I could not cross. The water had risen, deep enough to swim in, a no one could wade through.
He said to me, of do you see this?" Then he led me back along the bank of the river.
When I returned, I saw a great many on both sides of the river.
He told me, "This water flows toward the eastern region, down into the and into the When it empties into the the stagnant water there will be made
Wherever the river flows, every living creature that swarms will There will be enormous numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh. Everywhere the river goes,
Fishermen will stand along its shore — from all the way to — spreading their nets. The fish will be as varied and abundant as the fish of the
But the marshes and swamps will not be made fresh — they will be left for
Along both banks of the river, every kind of will grow. Their leaves will never wither, and their will never fail. Every month they will bear fresh because the water feeding them flows from the Their will be food and their leaves will bring
This is what the says: "These are the boundaries by which you will divide the land as an among the twelve tribes of Israel — Joseph
You will each receive an equal share of it. I an to give this land to your ancestors, and now it falls to you as your inheritance.
This is the border of the land: On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon, as far as to Zedad,
Berothah, Sibraim (which lies between the territory of Damascus and the territory of Hamath), and Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of
So the border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. That is the north side.
On the east side, the border runs between Hauran and Damascus, along the between and the land of Israel, to the eastern sea, as far as Tamar. That is the east side.
On the south side, the border runs from Tamar as far as the waters of then along the of to the Great Sea. That is the south side.
On the west side, the Great Sea itself is the border, from the southern boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. That is the west side.
You are to divide this land among yourselves according to the of Israel.
You are to distribute it by as an inheritance for yourselves and for the who have settled among you and have had children among you. They are to be treated as Israelites — they will receive an inheritance by alongside the tribes of Israel.
In whatever tribe the foreigner has settled, there you are to give him his inheritance," the