It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a most holy thing, by the border of the Levites.
Parallel Translations
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It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a most holy thing, by the border of the Levites.
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And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
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And it shall be unto them a portion set apart from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Ezekiel 48:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 27:21 but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a devoted field. It shall be owned by the priests.
- Ezekiel 45:4 It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to Yahweh. It shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 48:12 And [this] oblation of the land that…
Eze 48:12 And [this] oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
Ver. 12. And this oblation of the land.] Ministers of God’s Word may lawfully take maintenance of the Church. {1Co 9:7-13}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This oblation; which, as it were the primitiae of…
This oblation; which, as it were the primitiae of the land, was ordered to be first set out for God.
Offered; set apart, and dedicated to God. Shall be unto them a thing most holy; in the account both of the priests and the whole people it shall be most holy, on no occasion to be servant unto any common uses.
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By the border of the Levites; it shall lie next to the Levites; these lay southward between the priests’ and the city’s portion.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And this shall be the measures thereof,.... Of the…
And this shall be the measures thereof,.... Of the city:
the north side four thousand and five hundred; that is, measures or reeds:
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the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred; in all eighteen hundred measures or reeds, as in Eze 48:35 which denotes the largeness of the Gospel church, especially in the latter day; when Jews and Gentiles will be converted, and multitudes, east, west, north and south, will be gathered to it; and as it is an equilateral square, this shows the perfection, firmness, stability, and duration of the church of Christ; so the holy city, the New Jerusalem, is for the same reasons said to be foursquare, Rev 21:16.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. Read: And it shall be to them as…
12. Read: And it shall be to them as an oblation out of the oblation of the land, a thing most holy, by, &c. Cf. Eze_45:3 seq.
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