Ezekiel 47 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

The River of Healing

Eze 47:1In my vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the Temple. There I saw a stream flowing east from beneath the door of the Temple and passing to the right of the altar on its south side.

Eze 47:2

Eze 47:2The man brought me outside the wall through the north gateway and led me around to the eastern entrance. There I could see the water flowing out through the south side of the east gateway.

Eze 47:3

Eze 47:3Measuring as he went, he took me along the stream for 1,750 feet[fn] and then led me across. The water was up to my ankles.

Eze 47:4

Eze 47:4He measured off another 1,750 feet and led me across again. This time the water was up to my knees. After another 1,750 feet, it was up to my waist.

Eze 47:5

Eze 47:5Then he measured another 1,750 feet, and the river was too deep to walk across. It was deep enough to swim in, but too deep to walk through.

Eze 47:6

Eze 47:6He asked me, “Have you been watching, son of man?” Then he led me back along the riverbank.

Eze 47:7

Eze 47:7When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river.

Eze 47:8

Eze 47:8Then he said to me, “This river flows east through the desert into the valley of the Dead Sea.[fn] The waters of this stream will make the salty waters of the Dead Sea fresh and pure.

Eze 47:9

Eze 47:9There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows. Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will become fresh. Life will flourish wherever this water flows.

Eze 47:10

Eze 47:10Fishermen will stand along the shores of the Dead Sea. All the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim, the shores will be covered with nets drying in the sun. Fish of every kind will fill the Dead Sea, just as they fill the Mediterranean.[fn]

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Eze 47:11But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will still be salty.

Eze 47:12

Eze 47:12Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing.”

Boundaries for the Land

(cf. Num 34:1–12 )

Eze 47:13

Eze 47:13This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “Divide the land in this way for the twelve tribes of Israel: The descendants of Joseph will be given two shares of land.[fn]

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Eze 47:14Otherwise each tribe will receive an equal share. I took a solemn oath and swore that I would give this land to your ancestors, and it will now come to you as your possession.

Eze 47:15

Eze 47:15“These are the boundaries of the land: The northern border will run from the Mediterranean toward Hethlon, then on through Lebo-hamath to Zedad;

Eze 47:16

Eze 47:16then it will run to Berothah and Sibraim, which are on the border between Damascus and Hamath, and finally to Hazer-hatticon, on the border of Hauran.

Eze 47:17

Eze 47:17So the northern border will run from the Mediterranean to Hazar-enan, on the border between Hamath to the north and Damascus to the south.

Eze 47:18

Eze 47:18“The eastern border starts at a point between Hauran and Damascus and runs south along the Jordan River between Israel and Gilead, past the Dead Sea[fn] and as far south as Tamar.[fn] This will be the eastern border.

Eze 47:19

Eze 47:19“The southern border will go west from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[fn] and then follow the course of the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean. This will be the southern border.

Eze 47:20

Eze 47:20“On the west side, the Mediterranean itself will be your border from the southern border to the point where the northern border begins, opposite Lebo-hamath.

Eze 47:21

Eze 47:21“Divide the land within these boundaries among the tribes of Israel.

Eze 47:22

Eze 47:22Distribute the land as an allotment for yourselves and for the foreigners who have joined you and are raising their families among you. They will be like native-born Israelites to you and will receive an allotment among the tribes.

Eze 47:23

Eze 47:23These foreigners are to be given land within the territory of the tribe with whom they now live. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!

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NLT Footnotes

(47:3)

Hebrew 1,000 cubits [530 meters]; also in 47:4, 5.

(47:8)

Hebrew the sea.

(47:10)

Hebrew the great sea; also in 47:15, 17, 19, 20.

(47:13)

It was important to retain twelve portions of land. Since Levi had no portion, the descendants of Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, received land as two tribes.

(47:18)

Hebrew the eastern sea.

(47:18)

As in Greek version; Hebrew reads you will measure.

(47:19)

Hebrew waters of Meribath-kadesh.

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