28" 'I am to be the only inheritance the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession.


In Context

25 " 'A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person; however, if the dead person was his father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister, then he may defile himself.

26 After he is cleansed, he must wait seven days.

27 On the day he goes into the inner court of the sanctuary to minister in the sanctuary, he is to offer a sin offering for himself, declares the Sovereign LORD .

28 " 'I am to be the only inheritance the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession.

29 They will eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.

30 The best of all the firstfruits and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal so that a blessing may rest on your household.

Ezekiel 44:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:28And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

44:28And they shall have no inheritance, I am their inheritance: neither shall you give them any possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

44:28And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:28And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

44:28And they shall have an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:28And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:28They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

44:28And it hath been to them for an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and a possession ye do not give to them in Israel; I am their possession.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:28And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.