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Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the housefacedeast. And the water was flowingdown from under, from the rightside of the house, from south of the altar.
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He brought me out by way of the northgate and led me around on the outside to the outergate by way of the gate that faceseast. And behold, water was trickling from the southside.
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When the manwent out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousandcubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles.
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Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the loins.
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Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be forded.
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Then he said to me, "Thesewatersgo out toward the easternregion and godown into the Arabah; then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the sea becomefresh.
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"It will come about that everylivingcreaturewhichswarms in every place where* the rivergoes, will live. And there will be verymanyfish, for thesewatersgothere and the others becomefresh; so everything will livewhere* the rivergoes.
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"And it will come about that fishermen will standbeside it; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the GreatSea, verymany.
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"By the river on its bank, on oneside and on the other, will growall kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every monthbecause their waterflows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing."