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The \u201cman\u201d (see 40:3) who led Ezekiel about Jerusalem, the Temple, and its precincts, now led him to observe water coming from \u201cbelow the platform of the Temple\u201d and flowing eastward. However, instead of exiting the city through the eastern gate, it turned south, passing to the south of the altar and leaving through the southern gate (1). The water apparently was unable to traverse the eastern gate because it had to remain closed\u2014as noted in the previous chapter.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the pair moved southward and eastward, the water grew deeper, moving from mere ankle depth (3) through waist deep (4) until it became a stream that he could not cross (5). \u201cThis water,\u201d the man told him, \u201cruns out to the eastern region, and flows into the Arabah; and when it comes into the sea, into the sea of foul waters, the water will become wholesome\u201d (8). After refreshing the Dead Sea (\u201cfoul waters\u201d), fish would return there, trees along its shores (v. 10 specifically mentions Ein Gedi) will bear fruit and their leaves will be used medicinally (12). The balance of the chapter delineates the boundaries of the Land of Israel that would, eventually, be redistributed among the tribes\u2014as initially broached in Chapter 45.<\/span><\/p>\n

In <\/span>our comments on Ezekiel 40<\/span><\/a>, we took note that the Mishnah Middot (Dimensions), addressing the Second Temple, offers insights into the Temple of Ezekiel\u2019s visions. In the specific context of the Temple overflow, we find the following observation brought by R. Eliezer ben Yaakov, the presumed editor of Middot (see Yoma 16a), who lived during the Temple and was singularly knowledgeable about its dimensions.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the south, beginning from the west, there were the upper gate, the gate of burning, the gate of the firstborn, and the water gate. And why was it called the water gate? Because through it they brought in the pitcher of water for libation on the festival [Sukkot].\u00a0 R. Eliezer ben Yaakov said: In it, the water welled up, and in the time to come it will come out from there under the threshold of the Temple.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his commentary on Middot, R. Eliyahu Gaon of Vilna, parsed the Mishnah thus: \u201cIn it, the water welled up\u201d meant during the Second Temple. 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