Ezekiel 47:1

Then, in the vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple. There I saw water flowing out from under the entrance, flowing toward the east. The water was flowing from under the south side of the entrance, south of the altar.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Then the man brought me out of the inner courtyard through the north entryway, and then he led me around to the outer entryway on the east side of the inner courtyard.

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Cross References

Psalms 46:5God is in this city, and it will never be destroyed; he will come to help the people in that city at dawn every day.

Isaiah 2:3People from many people-groups will say to each other, “Come, let’s go up to the hill, to the temple of Yahweh, to worship the God whom Jacob worshiped. There Yahweh will teach us what he desires us to know, in order that our behavior will please him. His teaching will be given to us in Jerusalem, and we will take his message from Jerusalem to other places/nations.

Isaiah 55:1“All you people who are in exile, listen to me! It is as though [MET] you are thirsty, so come and get water from me! It is as though you have no money, but you can come and get things from me that are like wine and milk! You can get what you need from me, and you will not need to give me any money for them!

Ezekiel 40:6Then he went to the entryway on the east side of the temple. He climbed the steps and measured the outer threshold/opening for the entryway: It was ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► deep.

Ezekiel 41:23The Holy Place and the Very Holy Place had double doors.

Joel 3:18At that time, there will be vineyards covering [MTY] the hills, and your cattle and goats on those hills will produce plenty of milk. The streams in Judah will never dry up. And a stream will flow from my temple into the Acacia Valley northeast of the Dead Sea.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 47:1

In this chapter we have, I. The vision of the holy waters, their rise, extent, depth, and healing virtue, the plenty of fish in them, and an account of the trees growing on the banks of them, ver. 1-12 . II. An appointment of the borders of the land of Canaan, which was to be divided by lot to the tribes of Israel and the strangers that sojourned among them, ver. 13-23 . Read the whole commentary →

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