Ezekiel 44:29 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. {dedicated: or, devoted}”

Ezekiel 44:29

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And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD.

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.

They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. {dedicated: or, devoted}

And the first of all the firstfruits of all {things}, and every oblation of all, of every {sort} of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. {And the first: or, And the chief}

The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.

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Ezekiel 44:1

"Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it {was} shut."

Ezekiel 44:2

"Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut."

Ezekiel 44:3

"{It is} for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of {that} gate, and shall go out by the way of the same."

Ezekiel 44:4

"Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face."

Ezekiel 44:5

"And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. {mark well: Heb. set thine heart} {mark well: Heb. set thine heart}"

Ezekiel 44:6

"And thou shalt say to the rebellious, {even} to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,"

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