Ezekiel 48:12

What does Ezekiel 48:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 48:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And it shall be unto them an oblation from the oblation of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And it shall be unto them an oblation from the oblation of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Even for them will be the offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, on the limit of the land given to the Levites.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

even the heave-offering hath been to them, out of the heave-offering of the land, most holy, by the border of the Levites.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And for them shall be the firstfruits of the firstfruits of the land holy of holies, by the border of the Levites,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And this offering heaved from the heave-offering of the land shall be unto them a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

Context

v.11It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, that have kept my charge, that went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

v.12This passage

v.13And answerable unto the border of the priests, the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 27:21

    but the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto Jehovah, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.

  • 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.

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