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Chapter 47 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were
very many trees on the one side and on the other. |
| 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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
| 11 | But the miry places thereof and the marishes
thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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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;
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| 16 | Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and
the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
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| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 21 | So shall ye divide this land
unto you according to the tribes of Israel. |
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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. |
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And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there
shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD. |
