1And he brought me back to the entrance of the house, and behold, waters going out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the front of the house faced east; and the waters were going down from under, from the right shoulder of the house, from the south of the altar.
2And he brought me out by the way of the north gate, and led me around by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way that faces east; and behold, waters trickling out from the right shoulder.
3When the man (ish) went out eastward, with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand by the cubit, and caused me to pass through the waters—waters of the ankles.
4And he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters—waters of the knees; and he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through—waters of the loins.
5And he measured a thousand—a river that I could not pass through, for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
6And he said to me: Have you seen, son of man (adam)? And he led me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river.
7In my returning, behold, on the bank of the river very many trees, on this side and on that.
8And he said to me: These waters go out to the eastern region, and go down upon the Arabah, and enter the sea; to the sea the waters that are led out, and the waters are healed.
9And it shall be, every living soul (nephesh) that swarms, wherever the two rivers come, shall live (chai); and there shall be very many fish, for these waters have come there, and they shall be healed; and everything shall live (chai) wherever the river comes.
10And it shall be, fishers shall stand by it; from En-gedi to En-eglaim a place for the spreading of nets shall there be; according to its kind shall their fish be, like the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many.
11Its swamps and its marshes shall not be healed; for salt they are given.
12And by the river, on its bank, on this side and on that, shall grow every tree for food; its leaf shall not wither, and its fruit shall not fail; according to its months it shall bring forth firstfruits, for its waters—from the sanctuary they go out; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.
13Thus says my Lord (Adonai) YHWH: This is the border by which you shall inherit the land, for the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph, portions.
14And you shall inherit it, each man (ish) like his brother, which I lifted up my hand to give to your fathers; and this land shall fall to you for inheritance.
15And this is the border of the land: to the north side, from the Great Sea, the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad.
16Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.
17And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enon, the border of Damascus, and to the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
18And the east side, from between Hauran and from between Damascus and from between Gilead and from between the land of Israel, the Jordan; from the border to the eastern sea you shall measure. And this is the east side.
19And the south side southward, from Tamar to the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, the brook, to the Great Sea. And this is the south side southward.
20And the west side, the Great Sea, from the border to opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
21And you shall divide this land for yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.
22And it shall be, you shall apportion it for inheritance to yourselves and to the sojourners who sojourn in your midst, who have begotten sons in your midst; and they shall be to you like a native among the sons of Israel; with you they shall fall into inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
23And it shall be, in the tribe in which the sojourner sojourns, there you shall give his inheritance, declares my Lord (Adonai) YHWH.