12 (A)By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of (B)trees for food. Their (C)leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their (D)leaves for healing.”

Boundaries and Division of the Land

13 Thus says the Lord [a]God, “This shall be the (E)boundary by which you shall divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two (F)portions. 14 You shall divide it for an inheritance, each one [b]equally with the other; for I [c](G)swore to give it to your forefathers, and this land shall fall to you [d]as an inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:13 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 47:14 Lit like his brother
  3. Ezekiel 47:14 Lit lifted up My hand
  4. Ezekiel 47:14 Lit in