Ezekiel 44:29
in Ezekiel 44They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
They shall eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
KJV
They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
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This verse in Ezekiel 44
Commentary
4 notes on this verse(Verse 29, 30) They themselves shall eat the victim for sin and for transgression (or for ignorance), and every vow (or separation) in Israel shall be theirs. And the firstborn of all the firstborns, and all the libations from all that are offered, shall be for the priests. And you shall give the firstfruits of your food to the priest, so that he may put a blessing on his house (or put blessings on your houses). For the victim and sacrifice, which in Hebrew is called Manaa (), Aquila and Symmachus interpreted as a gift.
This site's exposition
I am their inheritance
on Ezekiel 44:28-31
The priests receive no land, for the Lord says, “I am their inheritance,” the principle fixed for Levi (Numbers 18:20, Deuteronomy 18:1-2). Their portion comes from the altar: the grain, sin and guilt offerings, everything devoted to the LORD, the firstfruits and the first batch of dough.
This site's exposition
Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD
Jerome's text lists the sin offering, the offering for transgression and every vow as the priests' food. Numbers 18:14 had given them everything devoted. Paul applies this pattern to ministers of the gospel in 1 Corinthians 9:13 to 14.
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The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַמִּנְחָה֙ | haminchah | the grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| וְהַחַטָּ֣את | vehachatat | and the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| וְהָאָשָׁ֔ם | vehaasham | and the guilt offering | H817 → | 46 times |
| הֵ֖מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| יֹֽאכְל֑וּם | yokhlum | they will eat them | H398 → | 810 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֵ֥רֶם | cherem | devoted thing | H2764 → | 38 times |
| בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | beyisrael | in Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לָהֶ֥ם | lahem | to them | ||
| יִהְיֶֽה׃ | yihyeh | it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
הַמִּנְחָה֙the grain offering
haminchahH4503 →211 times
וְהַחַטָּ֣אתand the sin offering
vehachatatH2403 →295 times
וְהָאָשָׁ֔םand the guilt offering
vehaashamH817 →46 times
הֵ֖מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
יֹֽאכְל֑וּםthey will eat them
yokhlumH398 →810 times
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
חֵ֥רֶםdevoted thing
cheremH2764 →38 times
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לin Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 times
לָהֶ֥םto them
lahem
יִהְיֶֽה׃it will belong
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 27:28Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
it leads to
- Joshua 6:17–19
Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies…
- Deuteronomy 20:16–17
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
- Leviticus 27:21
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
- Exodus 22:20
If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.
- Joshua 6:17–19
Through
Leviticus 27:21When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
it leads to
- Numbers 18:14
Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
- Numbers 18:14
Through
Numbers 18:14Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
it leads to
- Leviticus 27:28
Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
- Leviticus 27:28
Through
Leviticus 6:26The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
it leads to
- Leviticus 10:17–18
“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them…
- Ezekiel 44:28–29
In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.
- Leviticus 10:17–18
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.