King James Version
Ezekiel 48:19 in the King James Version says “And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.”
Ezekiel 48:19 · KJV
And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
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“And they that serve”
H5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
“the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“And they that serve”
H5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“it out of all the tribes”
H7626a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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