Under the expanse their wings were straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing."

The east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the east sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea. This is the south side southward.

The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.

By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion.

By the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, Naphtali, one portion.

By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.

By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion.

By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one portion.

By the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one portion.

"As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.

By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.

By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.

By the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion.

By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion.

and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it."

Then I asked him, "What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on the left side of it?"

Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.