Ezekiel 44:28 · KJV
“And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I {am} their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I {am} their possession.”
— Ezekiel 44:28
And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD.
They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. {dedicated: or, devoted}
Ezekiel 44 — Context
And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
27And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD.
28And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I {am} their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I {am} their possession.
29They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. {dedicated: or, devoted}
30And the first of all the firstfruits of all {things}, and every oblation of all, of every {sort} of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. {And the first: or, And the chief}
Cross References
Joshua 13:33
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not {any} inheritance: the LORD God of Israel {was} their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Numbers 18:20
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I {am} thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 18:1-2
The priests the Levites, {and} all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
Deuteronomy 10:9
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD {is} his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
Ezekiel 45:4
The holy {portion} of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
1 Peter 5:2-4
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight {thereof}, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; {which...: or, as much as in you is}
Joshua 13:14
Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire {are} their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Ezekiel 48:9-11
The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD {shall be} of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
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