1 The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.2 He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was trickling from the south side.3 As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits "and then led me through water that was ankle-deep.4 He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist.5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in —a river that no one could cross.6 He asked me, "Son of man, do you see this?" Then he led me back to the bank of the river.7 When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river.8 He said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, "where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh.9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live.10 Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds —like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea.11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing."13 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "These are the boundaries of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph.14 You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with uplifted hand to give it to your ancestors, this land will become your inheritance.15 "This is to be the boundary of the land: "On the north side it will run from the Mediterranean Sea by the Hethlon road past Lebo Hamath to Zedad,16 Berothah "and Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran.17 The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan, "along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.18 "On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Dead Sea and as far as Tamar. "This will be the eastern boundary.19 "On the south side it will run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the southern boundary.20 "On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This will be the western boundary.21 "You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.22 You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners residing among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.23 In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance," declares the Sovereign LORD.

1 Et convertit me ad portam domus, et ecce aqu egrediebantur subter limen domus ad orientem : facies enim domus respiciebat ad orientem, aqu autem descendebant in latus templi dextrum, ad meridiem altaris. 2 Et eduxit me per viam port aquilonis, et convertit me ad viam foras portam exteriorem, viam qu respiciebat ad orientem : et ecce aqu redundantes a latere dextro. 3 Cum egrederetur vir ad orientem, qui habebat funiculum in manu sua, et mensus est mille cubitos, et traduxit me per aquam usque ad talos. 4 Rursumque mensus est mille, et traduxit me per aquam usque ad genua. 5 Et mensus est mille, et traduxit me per aquam usque ad renes. Et mensus est mille, torrentem quem non potui pertransire, quoniam intumuerant aqu profundi torrentis, qui non potest transvadari. 6 Et dixit ad me : Certe vidisti, fili hominis. Et eduxit me, et convertit ad ripam torrentis. 7 Cumque me convertissem, ecce in ripa torrentis ligna multa nimis ex utraque parte. 8 Et ait ad me : Aqu ist qu egrediuntur ad tumulos sabuli orientalis, et descendunt ad plana deserti, intrabunt mare et exibunt : et sanabuntur aqu. 9 Et omnis anima vivens qu serpit quocumque venerit torrens, vivet : et erunt pisces multi satis, postquam venerint illuc aqu ist : et sanabuntur et vivent omnia ad qu venerit torrens. 10 Et stabunt super illas piscatores : ab Engaddi usque ad Engallim siccatio sagenarum erit : plurim species erunt piscium ejus, sicut pisces maris magni, multitudinis nimi. 11 In littoribus autem ejus et in palustribus, non sanabuntur, quia in salinas dabuntur. 12 Et super torrentem orietur in ripis ejus, ex utraque parte, omne lignum pomiferum : non defluet folium ex eo, et non deficiet fructus ejus : per singulos menses afferet primitiva, quia aqu ejus de sanctuario egredientur : et erunt fructus ejus in cibum, et folia ejus ad medicinam.13 Hc dicit Dominus Deus : Hic est terminus in quo possidebitis terram in duodecim tribubus Isral : quia Joseph duplicem funiculum habet. 14 Possidebitis autem eam singuli que ut frater suus, super quam levavi manum meam ut darem patribus vestris : et cadet terra hc vobis in possessionem. 15 Hic est autem terminus terr : ad plagam septentrionalem, a mari magno via Hethalon, venientibus Sedada, 16 Emath, Berotha, Sabarim, qu est inter terminum Damasci et confinium Emath, domus Tichon, qu est juxta terminum Auran. 17 Et erit terminus a mari usque ad atrium Enon, terminus Damasci : et ab aquilone ad aquilonem, terminus Emath plaga septentrionalis. 18 Porro plaga orientalis de medio Auran, et de medio Damasci, et de medio Galaad, et de medio terr Isral, Jordanis disterminans ad mare orientale. Metiemini etiam plagam orientalem. 19 Plaga autem australis meridiana, a Thamar usque ad aquas contradictionis Cades, et torrens usque ad mare magnum : et hc est plaga ad meridiem australis. 20 Et plaga maris, mare magnum a confinio per directum, donec venias Emath : hc est plaga maris.21 Et dividetis terram istam vobis per tribus Isral : 22 et mittetis eam in hreditatem vobis, et advenis qui accesserint ad vos, qui genuerint filios in medio vestrum : et erunt vobis sicut indigen inter filios Isral : vobiscum divident possessionem in medio tribuum Isral. 23 In tribu autem quacumque fuerit advena, ibi dabitis possessionem illi, ait Dominus Deus.