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47 [1] **He returned me to the entrance of the House, and behold, **I discerned that **water was emerging from beneath the threshold of the House eastward as the front of the House was to the east, and the water was descending from beneath the right side of the House, **the right side of the gate, and the water continued to descend from **south of the altar. **
[2] **He took me out **of the Temple** by way of the northern gate, and he took me around the outside to the outer gate, by way of the gate that faces eastward, and behold, water was trickling from the right side **of the gate.
[3] **When the man exited to the east, **in the direction of the flowing water, **with a line in his hand **(40:3),** he measured **a** **distance of **one** **thousand cubits, and he took me through the water, water that** **was **very shallow, only **ankle-deep.**
[4] **He measured **another** one thousand **cubits of the stream,** and he took me through the water, water that was knee-deep, and he measured one thousand **cubits,** and he took me through water that was waist-deep. **
[5] **He measured **yet another** one thousand; it was a stream that I was unable to pass, as the water rose, water for swimming, a stream that could not be crossed, **due to its depth and powerful current.
[6] **He said to me: Have you seen, Son of man? **Have you seen this vision of the Temple, the presence of the divine glory within it, and the river of water emerging from it?** He led me and returned me to the bank of the stream. **
[7] **When he returned me, behold, **to my surprise I saw that **on the bank of the stream **there **were very many trees on this side **of the stream,** and on that side. **
[8] **He said to me: This water emerges to the eastern district and descends to the Arava, **a depression in the Jordan Valley,** and comes to the sea, **the Dead Sea, also known as the Sea of the Arava;** to the sea it emerges, and the water **of the Dead Sea** will be sweetened **from its particularly high salinity due to the miraculous stream.
[9] **It will be that every living creature that will swarm wherever the streams will come will live; **the stream will separate into multiple streams, bringing life to all creatures around it.** And the fish will be exceedingly plentiful **in the area,** as this water has come there, and it will be sweetened, and they will live wherever the stream comes. **Typically, fish emerging from the Jordan River into the Dead Sea would die instantly. The water that flows from the Temple, however, will desalinate the waters of the Dead Sea, allowing for creatures to live and even multiply within it.
[10] **It will be that fishermen are standing, **or stood, **near it, **the stream,** **in the vision that I saw, **from Ein Gedi**** to Ein Eglayim.**** **This description is similar to the expression “from Dan until Beersheba,” meaning the entire Land of Israel. Here too, from Ein Gedi to Ein Eglayim means the entire Dead Sea, which will become fishing ground, **with a place for spreading the nets; their **many types of **fish will be according to species, like the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly abundant. **The Dead Sea will be teeming with aquatic life.
[11] **Its swamps and pools, **adjacent to the Dead Sea, where rainwater gathers, **will not be sweetened; they will be designated for **the extraction of **salt, **as they always were.
[12] **Along the stream, upon its bank on this side and on that side, every food tree will grow; its leaf will not wither, and its fruit will not fail. **The stream will produce especially bountiful yields:** In each month it will yield new **ripe** fruit, as its water emerges from the Sanctuary, **and the Sanctuary will bestow supernatural qualities upon the waters;** and its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing. **
[13] **So said the Lord God: This is the border** **according to which you shall allocate the land to the twelve tribes of Israel, with two portions for Joseph, **for Manasseh and Ephraim. The tribe of Levi is not one of the twelve tribes mentioned in the verse (45:4–5, 48:10–14). Alternatively, one may understand the verse as meaning that these lands will be added to the tribal land that the tribes inherited in the days of Joshua; the land will not be divided anew.
[14] **You shall inherit it, each one like the other; **the portions shall be parallel strips of territory with straight borders from east to west, unlike in the division of the land in the days of Joshua, when each tribe received a portion according to the needs of its population. This is the land** with regard to which I raised My hand, **took an oath, **to give it to your forefathers, and this land will fall to you as an inheritance. **
[15] **This shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the Great Sea, **the Mediterranean Sea in the west, **by way of Hetlon,**** as you come to Tzedad,**
[16] **Hamat,**** Berota,**** Sivrayim,**** which is **situated **between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamat, **and further east, **Hatzer HaTikhon, which is on the border of Havran. **
[17] **The border shall be** **from the sea **in the west **to Hatzar Einon,**the easternmost point of the northern border as defined in the Torah, including** the border of Damascus and the north, northward to the border of Hamat. **The border extends further north until Hamat.** This is the north side.** Alternatively, this means: This is the north side together with other, unspecified northern territories or: The border is aligned with the northern point.
[18] **the east side** **shall be** **between Havran and Damascus and between Gilad, **east of the Jordan,** and the Land of Israel, **west of the Jordan River; the line passing through all these points shall constitute the border.** **By** the Jordan, from the border, **from its source,** to the east sea, **the Dead Sea,** you shall measure **and establish this line as your border.** This is the east side. **It is possible that, in contrast to the borders delineated in the book of Numbers (34:10–12), Ezekiel included the area east of the Jordan within the future borders of the land.
[19] And** **the border on **the south side shall be from Tamar**** until the waters of dispute of Kadesh.**** **This refers to** **Kadesh Barnea, where the children of Israel quarreled with Moses and Aaron during the incident involving the waters of dispute. The southern border shall stretch** to the Ravine** of Egypt,east of Sadad, on the road connecting Dam which extends **to the Great Sea. This is the south side. **
[20] The border on **the west side shall be the Great Sea, from **the** **southern tip of **the border until facing Levo Hamat. This is the west side. **
[21] The division of the land is described following the establishment of the future borders of the land. **You shall divide this land for you according to the tribes of Israel. **
[22] **It shall be that you shall allot it as an inheritance for you and for the strangers who reside in your midst, who bore children in your midst, and they, **the strangers,** shall **each **be for you as a native among the children of Israel. **The strangers will be included among those who receive a portion as they live among the tribes of Israel and are largely assimilated among the people. **They shall be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. **
[23] **It shall be that in the tribe among which the stranger resides, there you shall give him his inheritance – the utterance of the Lord God. **Genealogically, these strangers are not attributable to any particular tribe. Nevertheless, in the future, every stranger will receive a portion from the land of the tribe among whom he dwells. The strangers will not remain a distinct community; rather, they will inherit their portions among the tribes of Israel and thereby be absorbed into the various tribes.
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