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The fountains of the temple.

CH. XLVII. 1–12.

AFTERWARD he brought me again to the door of the house; and behold, waters issued forth from under the threshold of the house eastward; for the fore-front of the house stood toward the east. And the waters flowed down from the side of the house, south of the 2 altar. Then he brought me out by the way of the gate, northward; and he brought me round by the way without to the outer gate, that looked toward the east; and behold, there ran out waters from the right side.

3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the waters, and the waters were 4 to the soles of the feet. Again he measured a thousand cubits, and led me through the waters, and the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand cubits, and led me through, and the waters were to the 5 loins. Again he measured a thousand cubits, and it was a river, which I could not pass through; for the waters were high, waters to swim in, a river which could not be passed through.

6 And he said to me, Hast thou seen this, son of man? Then he brought me back to the brink of the 7 river. Now when I had returned, behold, at the brink of the river were very many trees, on the one side and 8 on the other. Then said he to me, These waters issue forth toward the east region, and run down into the desert, and go into the sea; they go forth into the sea, 9 and the waters shall be healed. And it shall come to

pass, that every living thing that moveth, whithersoever

the river shall come, shall live, and there shall be very many fish there; for when these waters shall come thither, [the waters of the sea] shall be healed, and 10 every thing shall live, whither the river cometh. And it shall come to pass that fishers shall stand upon it; from En-gedi to En-eglaim shall be places to spread nets; and therein shall be fish according to their kinds, 11 like the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

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the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall 12 not be healed; they shall be appointed for salt. And by the river, upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, and whose fruit shall not fail; every month shall they bring forth new fruit; because their waters issue forth from the sanctuary. And their fruit shall be for food, and their leaves for medicine.

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Divisions and boundaries of the land.

CH. XLVII. 13-XLVIII.

13 THUS saith the Lord, Jehovah.

This is the border,

according to which ye shall distribute the land among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two 14 portions. And ye shall inherit it, one like another. For I have lifted up my hand, that I would give it to your fathers; and this land shall fall to you for an in

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And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea toward the way of 16 Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; Hamath, Berothah, Si

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braim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, and Hazar-hatticon, which is 17 by the coast of Hauran. And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-Enon, the border of Damascus and farther northward, and the border of Hamath. This 18 is the north side. And the east side shall measure between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel by the Jordan, from the border to 19 the east sea. This is the east side. And the south side southward shall be from Tamar to the waters of strife in Kadesh, as far as the river by the great sea. 20 This is the south side southward. And the west side 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 among you, according to 22 the tribes of Israel. And ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who have begotten children among you; and they shall be to you as born in the country among the sons of Israel; they shall have an inheritance with 23 you among the tribes of Israel. And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye appoint him his inheritance, saith the Lord, Jehovah.

1 And these are the names of the tribes. From the north end by the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus northward toward Hamath; and to him belongs from the east 2 side to the west side; Dan, one tribe. And by the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, 3 Asher, one tribe. And by the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, Naphtali, one tribe. 4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to

5 the west side, Manasseh, one tribe. And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, 6 Ephraim, one tribe. And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, Reuben, one tribe. 7. And by the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one tribe.

8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be the oblation which ye shall offer, five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other portions from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the 9 midst of it. The oblation, which ye shall offer to

Jehovah, shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in 10 length, and ten thousand in breadth. And the holy oblation shall be for these; for the priests toward the north five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length. And the sanc11 tuary of Jehovah shall be in the midst thereof. It shall

be for the priests, who are sanctified, the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who went not astray when the sons of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. 12 And it shall be a most holy oblation for them, out of the oblation of land, by the border of the Levites.

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And over against the border of the priests, the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand reeds in length and ten thousand in breadth; the whole length five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. 14 And they shall not sell of it; neither shall they ex

change or transfer the first fruits of the land; for it is 15 holy to Jehovah. And the five thousand, which are left in breadth, over against the five and twenty thousand in length, shall be common land for the city, for

habitation and for suburbs. And the city shall be 16 in the midst of it. And this shall be the measure thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. 17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

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And as to the residue in length, over against the holy portion, ten thousand eastward and ten thousand westward, over against the holy portion, its increase shall 19 be for food to them that serve the city. And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of 20 Israel. All the oblation shall be five and twenty thou

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sand reeds by five and twenty thousand; ye shall offer the holy oblation, four square, together with the possession of the city.

And the residue on both sides of the holy oblation and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand to the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand to the west border, by the portions of the tribes, shall be for the prince; and the holy oblation and the sanctuary of the 22 house shall be in the midst thereof. What is left from the possession of the Levites and of the city, which are between what belongs to the prince, between the borders of Judah and Benjamin, shall belong to the prince.

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And as for the rest of the tribes, from the east side 24 to the west side, Benjamin, one tribe. And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, 25 Simeon, one tribe. And by the border of Simeon,