Ezekiel 44:28 KJV

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.

Thou and Ye

  • ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Ezekiel 44:1–31This chapter contains ordinances relative to the true priests. The prince evidently means Christ, and the words in Ezek 44:2, may remind us that no other can...

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Parallel Passages

  • Leviticus 6:18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Numbers 18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
  • Deuteronomy 10:9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
  • Deuteronomy 18:1–2 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. …
  • Joshua 13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
  • Ezekiel 45:4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.

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  • IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And it shall be unto them for an inheritance וְהָיְתָה wĕhāyĕtâ Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person feminine singular · with and לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural לְנַחֲלָה lĕnaḥălâ נַחֲלָה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition
  • I am their inheritance אֲנִי ʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular נַחֲלָתָם naḥălātām נַחֲלָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
  • and ye shall give תִתְּנוּ tittĕnû נָתַן Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
  • them no possession וַאֲחֻזָּה waʾăḥuzzâ אֲחֻזָּה Noun · feminine singular · with and לֹא lōʾ Negative
  • in Israel לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל bĕyiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name · with preposition
  • I am their possession אֲנִי ʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular אֲחֻזָּתָם ʾăḥuzzātām אֲחֻזָּה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural

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