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12 And along the stream will go up on its banks from both sides[a] every tree producing food;[b] its leaf will not wither and it will not cease producing its fruit. Every month[c] it will bear early fruit, for its waters are going out from the sanctuary, and its fruit will be as food, and its leaf for healing.”

13 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “This is the boundary by which you shall distribute the land for the twelve[d] tribes of Israel: Two shares shall be for Joseph. 14 And you must take possession of it, each one a share like his brother, of this land which I swore[e] to give it to your fathers, and so this land shall fall to you as an inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:12 Literally “from this and from this”
  2. Ezekiel 47:12 Literally “of food”
  3. Ezekiel 47:12 Literally “for its months”
  4. Ezekiel 47:13 Literally “two ten”
  5. Ezekiel 47:14 Literally “I raised my hand”

12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river.(A) Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit(B) fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary(C) flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.(D)

The Boundaries of the Land

13 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “These are the boundaries(E) of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph.(F) 14 You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with uplifted hand to give it to your ancestors, this land will become your inheritance.(G)

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