Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold,
waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for
the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came
down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of
the altar.
The ha... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN BROUGHT HE ME OUT OF THE WAY OF THE GATE NORTHWARD, AND LED ME
ABOUT THE WAY WITHOUT UNTO THE UTTER GATE BY THE WAY THAT LOOKETH
EASTWARD; AND, BEHOLD, THERE RAN OUT WATERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
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And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he
measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the
waters were to the ancles. When the man that had the line in his hand
went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me
through the waters;... [ Continue Reading ]
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And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought
me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
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_ Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very
many trees on the one side and on the other. _
Behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees - NOT MERELY ONE
TREE OF LIFE, AS IN PARADISE ( ), but "many;" to supply immortal food
and medicine to the people of God, who th... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country,
and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought
forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the
desert - or plain; Hebrew, "Arabah" ( , "T... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth,
whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a
very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither:
for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river
cometh.
Whithers... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from
Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets;
their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great
sea, exceeding many.
The fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim -... [ Continue Reading ]
But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be
healed; they shall be given to salt.
The marishes ... shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt -
"marishes," marshes. The region is known to have such pits and
marshes. The Arabs take the salt collected by evaporation in thes... [ Continue Reading ]
_ And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that
side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade,
neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new
fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of
the sanctuary: and the fruit... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall
inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph
shall have two portions.
This shall be the border whereby ye shall inherit the land, according
to the twelve tribes of Israel. The re-division of the land: the
bound... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which
I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land
shall fall unto you for inheritance.
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And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from
the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
Toward the north side ... as men go to Zedad - on the north boundary
of Canaan.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus
and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of
Hauran. _
Hamath. AS ISRAEL WAS A SEPARATE PEOPLE, SO THEIR LAND WAS A SEPARATE
LAND. ON NO SCENE COULD THE SACRED HISTORY HAVE BEEN SO WELL
TRANSACTED AS ON IT. O... [ Continue Reading ]
And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of
Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this
is the north side.
_ The border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan - a town in the north of
Canaan, meaning 'village of fountains.'_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and
from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border
unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
FROM THE LAND OF ISRAEL BY JORDAN, FROM THE BORDER UNTO THE EAST SEA
- THE DEAD SEA. THE BORDER IS TO GO DOWN STR... [ Continue Reading ]
And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife
in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side
southward.
The south side southward, from Tamar - not Tadmor in the desert, but
Tamar, the last town of Judea, by the Dead Sea. Meaning 'palm tree,'
so called from... [ Continue Reading ]
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The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man
come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
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And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an
inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you,
which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as
born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have
inheritance with you among the tri... [ Continue Reading ]