Verse 5
Ezekiel 47:5
World English Bible, British Edition
5
Afterward he measured one thousand; and it was a river that I could not
pass through, for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be walked through.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּ֣מָד אֶ֔לֶף נַ֕חַל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא אוּכַ֖ל לַ/עֲבֹ֑ר כִּֽי גָא֤וּ הַ/מַּ֨יִם֙ מֵ֣י שָׂ֔חוּ נַ֖חַל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא יֵעָבֵֽר
English Translation
And a thousand stood by a river that I could not cross, for the waters of the river had risen high; a river that could not be crossed.
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Chapter 47 Context
1
He brought me back to the door of the temple; and behold, waters flowed
out from under the threshold...
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2
Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me around
by the way outside to the...
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3
When the man went out eastward with the line in his hand, he measured
one thousand cubits, and he ca...
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4
Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters,
waters that were to the kn...
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5
Afterward he measured one thousand; and it was a river that I could not
pass through, for the waters...
6
He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?”
Then he brought me and caused me to return to the b...
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7
Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many
trees on the one side and o...
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8
Then he said to me, “These waters flow out towards the eastern region
and will go down into the Arab...
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9
It will happen that every living creature which swarms, in every place
where the rivers come, will l...
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10
It will happen that fishermen will stand by it. From En Gedi even to
En Eglaim will be a place for t...
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11
But its swamps marshes will not be healed. They will be given up to
salt.
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12
By the river banks, on both sides, will grow every tree for food, whose
leaf won’t wither, neither w...
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13
The Lord GOD says: “This shall be the border by which you shall
divide the land for inheritance acco...
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14
You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore to give it
to your fathers. This land will...
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15
“This shall be the border of the land:
“On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon...
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16
Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim (which is between the border of Damascus
and the border of Hamath), to Haz...
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17
The border from the sea shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus;
and on the north northward is...
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18
“The east side, between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land
of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from...
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19
“The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the
waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook,...
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20
“The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border
as far as opposite the entrance of Hama...
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21
“So you shall divide this land to yourselves according to the
tribes of Israel.
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22
You shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the aliens
who live amongst you, who wil...
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23
In whatever tribe the stranger lives, there you shall give him his
inheritance,” says the Lord GOD.
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