King James Version
Ezekiel 48:12 in the King James Version says “And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.”
Ezekiel 48:12 · KJV
And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. It: or, The sanctified portion shall be for the priests charge: or, ward, or, ordinance
And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
And over against 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.
And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“that is offered”
H8641a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
“by the border”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
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