1 Then the [brassy angel flies] me back to the door of the vision-temple, ๐. I see waters streaming out from under the temple's threshold on the east, the direction the temple faces. The waters [also] flow down from under from the temple's right side, south of the [cooking] altar.
2 Then [the angel flies] me out via the [vision-temple's] north-facing gate. He leads me around the outside [walkway] to the outer east-facing gate by the [east] road. There I see waters gushing from the [temple's] right [south] side.
3 Then the [angel] man with the line in his hand [flies] out eastward. He measures 1000 cubits [1/3 mile]. Then he [pulls] me through the ankle-deep stream-waters.
4 As the [angel] measures [another] 1000 [cubits], he [flies] me through the knee-high waters. As he measures [another] 1000, he brings me through waters that now rise up to [my] waist, ๐.
5 As he measures [another] 1000 [cubits], the water grows into a river I can't pass over. The waters swell past swimming depth. [They become] a river that no [mortal] could cross, ๐!
6Then the [angel man] asks me, โโSon of Adam,โ [have you] seen [enough]?โ [I nod โyesโ as I blink back the torrent of water that's nearly drowning me, ๐.] So the [angel hauls] me back [up out of the flood] to the shore of the watercourse.
7 So I [float up the vision-temple's hill]. There [below me] at the bank of the river I see [millions] of trees on both the [temple] side and the far [east] side of the river-flood.
8 Then the [angel-man] says to me, โThese waters issue out toward the east [Jordan] circular [land]. They [stream] down into the Arabah {Desert-plain-gorges}. They pass into the [Dead (Salt)] sea, healing its waters, [making it fresh]. This is both a literal future prediction and a metaphor for the spiritual renewal of the Middle-East.
9Soon, wherever the [supernatural] rivers roll, every living creature that moves [on the earth comes to] thrive, ๐. Hordes of fish emerge [in the desert], because these waters flow there. The [drylands] heal. Where the river streams, everything [springs to] life! Moves = swarms.
10Soon fishers [flock to] stand upon [this riverbank]! They stretch their nets from [Palestinian] En-Gedi {Kid-Fountain} all the way [east] to [Moab's] En-Eglaim {Two-Calf-Fountain}! [This river] fills with thousands of species of fish, like the great [Mediterranean] sea! En-Eglaim's location is subject to conjecture. It may be in Palestine or in Ar of Moab.
11 But [YAH] leaves the miry muddy marshes and mud flats unhealed, so the people can gather salt [inland instead of traveling to a sea]. A metaphor for some ingrates refusing to repent, even during the best of blessings.
12*And by [this] river, on the banks on this [temple] side and on the [far Arab] side, every [species of] food-bearing tree come to grow. Their leaves never fade [or decay]. Their fruit never runs out. [Each tree] brings forth ripe fruit [every] month, because [it drinks] the waters that gush from [YAH's] sanctuary. This fruit comes to supply [millions of humans and animals with] nutrition. And [the trees'] leaves provide healing-remedies [for all people]. Healing comes from water, leaves, fresh air and exercise. Healing does not come from pills, surgery nor radiation.
YAH Specifies Israel's Correct Land Portions
13AdonaiYHVH predicts, โThe following are the boundaries by which you will allot the land proportionally to the 12 tribes of Israel: The [descendants of] Joseph {Increaser} get two portions [corresponding to Joseph's two sons].
14Divide the land fairly and equitably to all [Hebrews]. I lifted up my hand [in oath] to give this [land] to your forefathers. So this land will fall to each [true spiritual Israelite] by lot.
15The following are the [promised] land's boundaries: on the north edge, [trace a line east] from the great [Mediterranean] sea through Hethlon {Swath} to the entrance of Zedad {Side};
16[Continue tracing east through] Hamath {Joined-Walls}, Berothah {Cypress}, Sibraim {Double-Hope} (which lies between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath {Joined-Walls}), [to] Hazar-Hatticon {Middle-Village}, which lies near the border of Hauran {Cavern}.
17So [Israel's true northern] border runs [east] from the [Mediterranean] sea to Hazar-Enan {Spring-Town} at the border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath {Joined-Walls} to the north. The above defines [Israel's proper] north border.
18On the east edge draw [a line south] between Hauran {Cavern} and Damascus. Trace [the east side of] Gilead {Monument-Mound}. Follow Israel's [current] territorial border. Continue on [south] to the eastern [Dead] sea. That defines [Israel's true] east border.
19For the [Promised land's] Negev {SouthLand} boundary, continue southward from Tamar {Tall-Palm} to the Meriboth-Kadesh {Waters-of-Strife} in Kadesh {Sanctuary}. Then [measure west] along the Vadi {Riverland} of Egypt to the great [Mediterranean] sea. That defines [Israel's proper] southern border.
20The great [Mediterranean] sea forms the [promised land's] west edge [all the way from Egypt north] to a [western point] opposite Hamath {Joined-Walls}. That defines [Israel's true] western boundary.
21So you apportion this land proportionally to the [populations of] your [fellow] tribes of Israel.
22*Divide the [promised land] by lot as inheritance-grants for you [native Israelis] and for the foreigners who sojourn among you and who bear children among you. Treat all [foreigners] born in the [promised] land as [as if they were] your fellow descendants of Israel. [Anyone born here] among the tribes of Israel must share in the lots you cast to apportion land-grants to your [fellow Israelis].
23In whatever tribe the [converted foreign-blooded person born in Israel] settles, there you must give him an inheritable [land-grant],โ decrees AdonaiYHVH.