The next section of the vision (43,13---46,24) is concerned with the altar, the reorganization of the clergy making the Zadokites alone full priests (45,15--31), the territory set apart for them (45,1-9), and the princes's responsibilities for supporting the temple (46) and overseeing justice (45,9). "Prince" is an ancient premonarchic title that Ezekiel revives in place of "king," which for him had become a symbol of failed leadership. The third section is intoduced by 47, 1-11, the water flowing from the temple throughout the land, which serves as a transition from temple to land. Water in Ezekiel is associated with the deity (1, 24 and 43, 2). The sacred mountain is the garden of God, the source of all fertilizing water (Gn 2, 10-14; cf. Ez. 28, 13; 31, 8-9; 36 35). Mount Zion is also associated with that tradition (e.g., Ps 46, 4 and Is 12, 3; 33, 20-24). One of the four great rivers arising in the garden of Eden was the Gihon, which is according to 1 Kings 1, 33, the river of Jerusalem. The remaining chapters speak of the boundaries of the future land of Israel (essentially the same as Nm 34, 1-12), the redistricting of the tribes in equal east-west strips, each with coastal land, uplands, and territory in the Jordan-Dead Sea depression. The new name given to Jerusalem, "The Lord is there," is the last verse in the book.
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