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Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the eastcountry, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
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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 verygreat multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the rivercometh.
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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 forthnets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the greatsea,exceedingmany.
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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 thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
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Thus saith the LordGOD;This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve*tribes of Israel:Joseph shall have two portions.
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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 the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the northnorthward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the northside.
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And the eastside ye shall measurefromHauran, and fromDamascus, and fromGilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the eastsea. And this is the eastside.
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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 sojournamong you, which shall begetchildrenamong you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall haveinheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.