Ezekiel 46-48

In chapter 46 the description of the service to the Lord continues.

In chapter 47 we see the living water than flows from the temple towards the east, which starts out very shallow, but gets deeper and deeper as the distance from the temple increases. It will be a river of pure water that brings healing, even to the Dead Sea, where it flows to from Jerusalem. This river will be home to multitudes of fish that will be caught. On each side of the river will be trees, which bear good fruit year-round, and the leaves of those trees will be used for a healing medicine. This river and the tree of life is similarly described in Revelation 22:1-21.

In chapter 48 the land of Israel is reapportioned to the tribes in equal slices from north to south, with Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Judah being allotted lands to the north of the temple district. The temple district will be the possession of the Levites and priests. South of the temple district will be the slices of land allotted to Benjamin, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, and Gad. There will be twelve gates to the New Jerusalem, with each of the gates being named for the tribes of Isael, which is also seen in Revelation 21:12. The name of that city from that time forward will be “JAHWEH THERE”