King James Version
Ezekiel 44:28 in the King James Version says “And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I ...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 44 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
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.
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.
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
And 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
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And it shall be unto them for an inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
“And it shall be unto them for an inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
“I am their possession”
H272something seized, i.e., a possession (especially of land)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and ye shall give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“in Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“I am their possession”
H272something seized, i.e., a possession (especially of land)
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