Ezekiel 47:1-6

River of the Temple, Division of the Land and Its Boundaries

1 And he brought me back to the doorway of the temple and, look! There was water coming out from under the threshold of the temple eastward, because the face of the temple [was] eastwards; and the water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, from south of the altar.

2 And he brought me out [by the way] of [the] north gate and he led me around [by the] {way leading to the outside of the outer gate} [by] way of the [gate] facing east, and look, there was water trickling from the south side.

3 As the man went eastward a measuring line [was] in his hand, and he measured a thousand {cubits}. And he led me through [on] into the water; [it was] {ankle deep}.

4 And he measured a thousand [cubits], and he brought me over into the waters [and] [it was] {knee deep}. And he measured a thousand [cubits], and he brought me over [into] the waters [and] [it was] {waist deep}.

5 And he measured a thousand [cubits], [and] [it became] a stream that I was not able to cross, because the water rose, {waters a person could swim in}, [and became] a stream that could not be crossed.

6 And he asked me, "Son of man, did you see [this]?" And he made me go, and he brought me back [along] the bank of the stream.

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Ezekiel 47:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 47

This chapter gives an account of the vision of the holy waters, and of the borders of the holy land, and the division of it to Israelites and strangers. The waters are described by the original and spring of them, Eze 47:1,2, by the progress and increase of them, Eze 47:3-5, by the healing and quickening nature of them, and the places where they were so, and were not, Eze 47:8-11, and by the trees which grew upon the banks of them, Eze 47:6,7,12. The borders of the holy land are fixed, Eze 47:13,14, the northern border, Eze 47:15-17, the eastern border, Eze 47:18, the southern, Eze 47:19, and the western, Eze 47:20, which is to be divided by lot to the tribes of Israel, and the strangers that sojourn among them, Eze 47:21-23.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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[a]. Literally "way of [the] outside to the gate of the outside"
[b]. Literally "in the cubit"; about 1,750 feet
[c]. Literally "water of ankles"
[d]. About 1,750 feet
[e]. Literally "water of knees"
[f]. About 1,750 feet
[g]. Literally "water of waist"
[h]. About 1,750 feet
[i]. Literally "water of swimming"
[j]. Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"

Ezekiel 47:1-6

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River of the Temple, Division of the Land and Its Boundaries

Ezekiel 47:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 47

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