Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.

Can the papyrus plant grow tall ¹  where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish ²  without water?

The canals ¹  will stink; ²  the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.

Sound your battle cry ¹  against the wild beast of the reeds, ²  and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! ³  They humble themselves ⁴  and offer gold and silver as tribute. ⁵  God ⁶  scatters ⁷  the nations that like to do battle.

Then the daughter of Pharaoh ¹  came down to wash herself ²  by the Nile, while her attendants were walking alongside the river, ³  and she saw the basket among the reeds. She sent one of her attendants, ⁴  took it, ⁵ 

He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

He measured the east side with the measuring stick ¹  as 875 feet ²  by the measuring stick.

He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick.

But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket ¹  for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile. ² 

seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, ¹  and they grazed in the reeds.

Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds. ¹ 

along with the plants by the mouth of the river. ¹  All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away. ² 

They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified. ¹ 

Smoke streams from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning ¹  rushes.

He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.

They glide by ¹  like reed ²  boats, like an eagle that swoops ³  down on its prey. ⁴ 

Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord because they were a reed staff ¹  for the house of Israel;

“Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be eight and a quarter miles ¹  wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it.