Ezekiel 44:28
What does Ezekiel 44:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 44:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they are to have no heritage; I am their heritage: you are to give them no property in Israel; I am their property.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And it hath been to them for an inheritance; I <FI>am<Fi> their inheritance: and a possession ye do not give to them in Israel; I <FI>am<Fi> their possession.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they shall have no inheritance, I am their inheritance: neither shall you give them any possession in Israel, for I am their possession.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
Context
v.27And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin-offering, saith the Lord Jehovah.
v.28This passage
v.29They shall eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Peter 5:2
Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
- Joshua 13:33
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Jehovah, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spake unto them.
- Ezekiel 48:9
The oblation that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
- Ezekiel 45:4
It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, that come near to minister unto Jehovah; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.
- Joshua 13:14
Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of Jehovah, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spake unto him.
- Deuteronomy 18:1
The priests the Levites, evenall the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and his inheritance.
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