1 He brought me back to the entrance of the house, and I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the house eastward, for the house faced east; the water was coming down from beneath the south side of the house, south of the altar.
2 Then he took me out by way of the north gate and led me around outside to the outer gate that faces east, and there the water was trickling out on the south side.
3 The man went out eastward with a measuring line in his hand and measured off a thousand cubits; then he led me through the water, which came up to the ankles.
4 He measured off another thousand and led me through the water, which came up to the knees. He measured off another thousand and led me through water up to the waist.
5 He measured off another thousand, and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river no one could cross.
6 He asked me, "Son of man, do you see this?" Then he took me back along the riverbank.
7 When I had come back, I saw on the bank of the river a great many trees on either side.
8 He said to me, "This water flows out to the eastern region, goes down into the Arabah and comes to the sea; when it pours into the sea, the sea's water will be made fresh.
9 Wherever the river flows, every living creature that swarms will live, and fish will be abundant, because this water goes there and makes the sea's water fresh; everything will live wherever the river goes.
10 Fishermen will stand along it from En-gedi to En-eglaim; it will be a place for drying nets. Its fish will be of every kind, as plentiful as the fish of the Great Sea.
11 But its swamps and marshes will not be made fresh; they will be left for salt.
12 Along the river, on both banks, every kind of tree for food will grow. Their leaves will not wilt and their fruit will not run out; every month they will bear new fruit, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing."
13 Thus says the Lord GOD: "These are the borders by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel, with Joseph receiving two portions.
14 You are to inherit it equally, each the same as his brother; I raised my hand in an oath to give it to your fathers, and this land will fall to you as your inheritance.
15 "This is to be the border of the land. On the north side: from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad,
16 Hamath, Berothah, and Sibraim, which lies between the territory of Damascus and the territory of Hamath, up to Hazer-hatticon on the border of Hauran.
17 So the border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, on the border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. That is the north side.
18 "On the east side the border runs between Hauran and Damascus, and along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel; measure from the northern border down to the eastern sea. That is the east side.
19 "On the south side, toward the Negev, it runs from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook to the Great Sea. That is the south side, toward the Negev.
20 "On the west side the Great Sea will be the border up to a point opposite the entrance of Hamath. That is the west side.
21 "You are to divide this land among yourselves by the tribes of Israel.
22 Allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners living among you who have had children among you. You are to treat them like native-born children of Israel; along with you they will receive an inheritance by lot among the tribes of Israel.
23 In whichever tribe the foreigner lives, there you are to give him his inheritance, declares the Lord GOD.