¹² Lining each side of the river banks, all sorts of species of fruit trees will be growing. Their leaves will never wither and their fruit will never fail. They will bear fruit every month, because the water that nourishes them will be flowing from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves will contain substances that promote healing.”

Israel’s Future Borders Delineated

¹³ This is what the Lord God says: “This is to be the territorial border by which you apportion the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel, with Joseph double-portioned. ¹⁴ Apportion it for their inheritances, distributing everything equally as if you were distributing things to your own^[a] brother, which is how I promised to give it to your ancestors. This way, the land will fall to you as an inheritance.