Ezekiel 48:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.”
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“They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first-fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy unto Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they do not sell of it, nor exchange, nor cause to pass away the first-fruit of the land: for <FI>it is<Fi> holy to Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 48:14 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:29You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
- Exodus 23:19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Leviticus 23:20The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
- Leviticus 25:34But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
- Leviticus 27:9If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.
- 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.
- Leviticus 27:32Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.
- Ezekiel 48:12It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.
- Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
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